Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Tanzania
Tanzania
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
63 244 1 070 -2.7 166 15.5
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
102 78 92 66
Imports
104 79 128 102
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f. Share in world total exports (%)
Annual percentage change
2020 6 061 7 889
2010-2020 4 0
2019 24 4
2020 0.03
Share in world total imports (%)
2020 21 -17 2020 0.04
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 14.8
Fuels and mining products: 1.2
Agricultural products: 7.3
Fuels and mining products: 18.8
Manufactures: 62.5
Other: 21.6
Manufactures: 64.2
Other: 9.6
By main destination, % (2018)
By main origin, % (2018)
Rwanda: 18.7 Dem. Rep. of the Congo: 8.5 Zambia: 7.3
Kenya: 9.2 European Union: 7.9 Other: 48.4
China: 20.7 United Arab Emirates: 10.2 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of: 6.7
India: 14.3 European Union: 10.1 Other: 38
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2302 HS1905 HS1101 HS2401 HS1005
2018 . 91 78 75 67 64
Bran, sharps and other residues Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Wheat or meslin flour Unmanufactured tobacco Maize (corn)
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1511 HS1701 HS1107 HS1005 HS3823
2018
Palm oil and its fractions Cane or beet sugar Malt, whether or not roasted Maize (corn) Industrial monocarboxylic acids
220 124 22 21 15
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
10%
Imports 20%
0%
HS2302
HS1511
HS1905
HS1701
HS1101
HS1107
HS2401
HS1005
HS1005
HS3823
20%
40%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2018 727 640
Annual percentage change
2010-2018 -4 -3
2017 -8 -5
2018 -54 -22
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS9403 HS2522 HS3924 HS8704 HS8466
Other furniture and parts thereof Quicklime, slaked lime Household and toilet articles Motor vehicles for goods transport Parts and accessories for 8456-8465
2018
Top imported products (Million US$)
173 123 115 99 98
HS2710 HS3004 HS8704 HS7208 HS8701
Value 2018
Petroleum oils, other than crude Medicaments in measured doses Motor vehicles for goods transport Hot-rolled products of iron +600 Tractors other than 8709
1 634 206 196 193 180
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
354
5%
Imports 10%
0%
HS9403
HS2710
HS2522
HS3004
HS3924
HS8704
HS8704
HS7208
HS8466
HS8701
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2018 2 941 7 914
Annual percentage change
2010-2018 0 1
2017 -14 -1
2018 13 14
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Tanzania TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
2 287 1 144 2020 0.05
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
7 -9
-47 -31
1 -5
2020 0.02
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 57.6 Other commercial services: 9.1
Travel: 33.3 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 48.5 Other commercial services: 36
By main destination
Travel: 15.5 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Tanzania
400
World
300 200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 1 317 555
Exports By sea (2017) By air (2019) By other (2019)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2010-2020 11 -3
Value
Share (%)
0 160 1 190
0.0 11.8 87.8
Annual percentage change 2019 10 12
Imports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other
2020 -3 -16
Value
Share (%)
564 95 na
85.2 14.3 na
Travel Tanzania
300
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 761 177
2010-2020 -5 -14
Annual percentage change 2019 6 -12
2020 -71 -73
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2019) 9.1
Other business services Insurance & pension
8.0
12.2 70.7
Value
Other commercial services Exports Imports
ICTs
2020
2010-2020
209 411
-3 4
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
na na
na na
2019
2020
-2 -30
-34 16
2019
2020
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2018 Residents
25
Non-residents
na
Trademark applications, 2018 Total
25
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Industrial design applications Total
3 427
Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Total
na
355