Tanzania losing out on Intra-Africa trade

[Don YF]

ippmedia.com Jul 25, 2018 1:14 PM
Intra-African trade is estimated to have amounted to $371 billion last year, but Tanzania was not among the major beneficiaries, a new report suggests.

According to the Africa Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) report, Tanzania is among five countries that registered steep declines in their trading with the rest of the continent last year. Others are Mali, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Gambia and Libya, which collectively account for around 11 per cent of total intra-African trade.

The Afreximbank’s African Trade Report 2018: Boosting Intra-African Trade – Implications of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) says these economies registered steep declines in trading with their peers, which averaged over 20 per cent.

“The champions of intra-African trade remained largely the same in 2017 as in 2016, with South Africa, Namibia and Nigeria contributing over 35 per cent of intra-African trade. This compares with ten other countries - Zambia, Côte d’Ivoire, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, DRC, Mozambique and Kenya, Morocco and Ghana - which also account for 35 per cent of intra-African trade,” reads the report.

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[Depay]

Were they even in the Periphery in the first place????

 

[MK254]

Watanzania walivyo waoga, ni watu wa ndani siku zote hawana jeuri ya kutoka na kupiga biashara, wengi hata hawajui majina ya mataifa yaliyowazunguka. Leo hii hata uongozi wao huogopa kutoka eti wanabana matumizi.

 

[eliakeem]

Watanzania walivyo waoga, ni watu wa ndani siku zote hawana jeuri ya kutoka na kupiga biashara, wengi hata hawajui majina ya mataifa yaliyowazunguka. Leo hii hata uongozi wao huogopa kutoka eti wanabana matumizi.

SIDHANI KAMA hiyo NDIYO sababu. Ukifanya utafiti utagundua vinginevyo.

 

[Mkikuyu- Akili timamu]

Trade is Trade, There is no special advatage for trading with africa, and many of these countries are poor and cannot buy expensive gold, gemstones, flowers & horticulture.
The key to note is that Tanzania(LDC) Exports more goods in value than Kenya(MIC) And to add to that, The balance of trade is +ve( Exports more than imports)

 

[kennedy0000]

Trade is Trade, There is no special advatage for trading with africa, and many of these countries are poor and cannot buy expensive gold, gemstones, flowers & horticulture.
The key to note is that Tanzania(LDC) Exports more goods in value than Kenya(MIC) And to add to that, The balance of trade is +ve( Exports more than imports)

Kenya with not a single mineral to talk of, exports more than Tanzania with uncountable minerals.
Is there anything that happens in bongolala?
Tanzania ya viwonder. Do you manufacture any commodities?
If we were to remove your mineral exports from the equation, Burundi would be exporting more than you.

 

[Mkikuyu- Akili timamu]

Kenya with not a single mineral to talk of, exports more than Tanzania with uncountable minerals.
Is there anything that happens in bongolala?
Tanzania ya viwonder. Do you manufacture any commodities?
If we were to remove your mineral exports from the equation, Burundi would be exporting more than you.

Is it a mistake to have minerals? Can you fault saudia arabia for its wealth because it has oil? Who said manufacturing is the only sector for a vibrant economy? in anycase manufacturing in kenya is only 11% of Gdp and less than 20% of that is exported. Miraa is also a natural resource use it 😀

 

[kennedy0000]

Is it a mistake to have minerals? Can you fault saudia arabia for its wealth because it has oil? Who said manufacturing is the only sector for a vibrant economy? in anycase manufacturing in kenya is only 11% of Gdp and less than 20% of that is exported. Miraa is also a natural resource use it 😀

Am not faulting you for having minerals.
I'm faulting you for being an LDC 60 years after independence, despite all that wealth.
Kenya with no minerals has been showing you dust and is continuing to do so.

 

[Hoshea]

Am not faulting you for having minerals.
I'm faulting you for being an LDC 60 years after independence, despite all that wealth.
Kenya with no minerals has been showing you dust and is continuing to do so.

Kenya with no minerals? Look at this idiot.

 

[Mkikuyu- Akili timamu]

Am not faulting you for having minerals.
I'm faulting you for being an LDC 60 years after independence, despite all that wealth.
Kenya with no minerals has been showing you dust and is continuing to do so.

Go fault angola, with double the GDP of Kenya and half the population for chosing to be a LDC first then fault Tz 😀

 

[Barbarosa]

Kenya with not a single mineral to talk of, exports more than Tanzania with uncountable minerals.
Is there anything that happens in bongolala?
Tanzania ya viwonder. Do you manufacture any commodities?
If we were to remove your mineral exports from the equation, Burundi would be exporting more than you.

Kenyans don't export anything labda marathon, ni Muzungu anayelima maua rift valley ndiyo anaexport!

 

[Magonjwa Mtambuka]

Kenyans don't export anything labda marathon...

Umesahau na mirungi.

 

[thisdayes]

Kenya with not a single mineral to talk of, exports more than Tanzania with uncountable minerals.
Is there anything that happens in bongolala?
Tanzania ya viwonder. Do you manufacture any commodities?
If we were to remove your mineral exports from the equation, Burundi would be exporting more than you.

Hivi kweli Kenya hakuna mineral!?

 

[Geza Ulole]

Kenya with not a single mineral to talk of, exports more than Tanzania with uncountable minerals.
Is there anything that happens in bongolala?
Tanzania ya viwonder. Do you manufacture any commodities?
If we were to remove your mineral exports from the equation, Burundi would be exporting more than you.

Kenya has more minerals than Tanzania

 

[kennedy0000]

Kenyans don't export anything labda marathon, ni Muzungu anayelima maua rift valley ndiyo anaexport!

Your supermarkets are full of Kenyan products.

We earn billions exporting clothing through Agoa.
We export billions in tea and coffee.

Tanzania isipokuwa omba omba, what else do you export?

 

[kennedy0000]

Hivi kweli Kenya hakuna mineral!?

Gani?
Na kiasi yake?

 

[Barbarosa]

Your supermarkets are full of Kenyan products.

We earn billions exporting clothing through Agoa.
We export billions in tea and coffee.

Tanzania isipokuwa omba omba, what else do you export?

Kila kitu Muzungu+ Indian owned, ukiondoa maziwa ya Uhuru Kenya hakuna kitu ambacho Mkenya mweusi anaexport popote Dunia hii, hata miraa ni Wasomali!

 

[Kiranga]

Hizi biashara zinataka mtu active ku promote nchi nje.

Mtu ambaye yuko most visible na anayeweza kufanya kazi hii vizuri ni rais.

Rais hataki kutembea nje, kajifungia Tanzania.Licha ya kumtetea sana Kikwete alipokuwa rais kwamba safari za nje za raisni muhimu sana.

Tanzania itawezaje kuendeleza biashara, ikiwa raisi wake mwenyewe hataki kujichanganya kutafuta masoko, kuitangaza nchi nje?

Nilikuwa nasoma hapa chini (si habari ya Africa, lakini point ni ile ile), Magufuli kaalikwa China mara mbili, kakataa kwenda mara zote.

Sasa watu wakiona huyu anatudharau, tusimpelekee biashara, utashangaa nini?

Take note of concerns about Sino-Tanzania ties

Take note of concerns about Sino-Tanzania ties

 

[kennedy0000]

Kenya has more minerals than Tanzania

The only mineral we have in huge commercial quantities is salt.
And salt is cheap and every country has it.

 

[kennedy0000]

Kila kitu Muzungu+ Indian owned, ukiondoa maziwa ya Uhuru Kenya hakuna kitu ambacho Mkenya mweusi anaexport popote Dunia hii, hata miraa ni Wasomali!

Our biggest exports are tea and coffee.
Exported by cooperatives owned by Kenyan farmers.

Ata hio miraa unaongea kuhusu, sijawai ona Msomali ata mmoja akilima miraa.
Somalis are the final customers. Miraa yote Kenya hutoka upande wa Meru.