China Buys Virtually All of Tanzania’s Sesame — the Other 20% Isn’t Broken Out Yet
China buys almost all of the Tanzanian sesame that this site can currently trace to a named destination. In 2023, 2024 and 2025, China…
Who Actually Touches a Bale of Sisal on Its Way Out of Tanzania
Exporting a bale of Tanzanian sisal involves more institutions than most buyers probably assume. Mapping the official procedure for exporting sisal through the Port…
Who Supplies Tanzania’s Chocolate: An Import and Distribution Guide
Tanzania imported USD 5.07 million of chocolate in 2024 and exported USD 4,842 worth. Where the finished product comes from, the two very different…
India Now Buys 90% of Tanzania’s Black Pepper Exports by Volume — Up From 26% a Year Earlier
In 2024, India was a mid-sized buyer of Tanzanian black pepper — about a quarter of export volume, behind the UAE. By 2025, India…
Everyone Says Kenya Buys Tanzania’s Rice. Official Data Says Uganda Buys Twice as Much.
Trade reporting on Tanzania’s rice exports has repeatedly named Kenya as the dominant buyer. Official FAOSTAT trade data tells a different story: Uganda has…
Pakistan and India Buy Three-Quarters of Tanzania’s Cotton Exports — Not Europe
Tanzania’s cotton lint doesn’t go to European textile mills in any meaningful volume. According to the Tanzania Cotton Board’s own destination-by-season export register, Pakistan…
Where Tanzania’s Honey Actually Goes: Germany Buys Two-Thirds of It
Germany buys 63% of Tanzania's honey exports by value. A look at who the other buyers are, the small but real import side, and…
A Grower Gets 7,000 Shillings a Kilo: Inside Tanzania’s Chilli Export Chain
A single verified 2022 farmgate price, a real industry-association intervention when EU buyers defaulted, and the three distinct regulators behind every chilli export certificate…
Tanzania’s Cardamom Buyers, Named: Inside a Volatile $3.68 Million Export Market
Netherlands and India buy two-thirds of Tanzania's cardamom exports; Saudi Arabia, the world's largest buyer, is nowhere in the data. A full destination breakdown…
Tanzania’s Spice Basket: What’s Actually Grown, Traded and Tracked
A map of Tanzania's five main spice crops — clove, black pepper, cardamom, vanilla and chilli — using each crop's own published production and…