EXPORT OVERVIEW
Export Overview comprises information regarding the national exports of tobacco leaf
EXPORT WEIGHT
Percentage that tobacco leaf represents on the overall exports of the country (Source: calculated from data from UN Comtrade, 2020)
IN THE WORLD
Percentage that the country represents in the international tobacco leaf trade (Source: calculated from data from FAO, 2019)
PRODUCTION OUTLOOK
Types of tobacco leaf grown in 2017 (Source: ITGA): Flue Cured Virginia and Dark Fire
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN TOBACCO
Employment numbers of the tobacco leaf value chain in 2018 (Source: COMESA): Growers: 60 005; Total number of direct employment: 228 000
AREA BY LEAF TYPE
Represents the percentage of area cultivated by tobacco leaf type in the country in 2017 (Source: ITGA)
FC VIRGINIA
DARK FIRE
KEY INSIGHTS
Key statistics of the tobacco leaf production in the country
AREA
PRODUCTION
AREA/GROWER
EXPORT VALUE
PRODUCTION VALUE
YIELD
REVENUE/HA
TOBACCO IN TANZANIA
Brief contextualisation of the importance of Tobacco in Tanzania
WOMEN IN TOBACCO
Tobacco production in Tanzania has been decreasing for the past years, after rising incredibly in the end of the 20th century and beginning of the millennia. A large portion of the tobacco exported by the continent passes through the port in Dar-es-Salaam. As such, Tanzania plays a very important role in the African tobacco industry. Even with falling tobacco domestic production, the crop continues to have a significant economic impact in the coastal country. Tobacco is grown in the rural regions of the country and remains as one of the main agricultural export crops generating foreign exchange revenue for the nation. Domestic sales of tobacco products generate sale revenue of US$ 350 million, contributing US$ 100 million to Government coffers.
Sources: FAO, UN Comtrade, Tobacco and Nicotine Database, COMESA and ITGA.
EXPORT PARTNERS
This section aims at identifying the most important commercial partners in terms of Value and Quantity (Source: Calculated from data from UN Comtrade)