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Uganda and Tanzania have agreed to remove all trade barries a bid to fix trade relationship between the two countries signed by Uganda’s minister of state for foreign affairs Mr John Mulimba and Tanzanias foreign minister Mr Mahmoud Thabit Kombo.
This decision emerged from the 5th session of the joint permanent commission between Uganda and Tanzania in Dar es Salaam from March 11 to 13th 2026 where they addressed the issues effecting bilateral trade relationship .
This comes up after the release of the 2025 trade data showing that Tanzania exported goods to Uganda worth 10trillion Ugandan shillings ($2.7billion) whereas Uganda’s exports to Tanzania were only around 1.1 trillion ($300million) creating a trade gap of 9trillion shillings.($2.4billion)
Uganda Officials claim that Tanzania has always imposed high taxes on Ugandan products such as Milk, Sugar and industrial materials like roofing materials
During the discussion in Dar es Salaam, the two countries agreed to scarp all non tariff barriers by June 2026 a bid to promote smooth cross boarder trade.
This decision emerged from the 5th session of the joint permanent commission between Uganda and Tanzania in Dar es Salaam from March 11 to 13th 2026 where they addressed the issues effecting bilateral trade relationship .
This comes up after the release of the 2025 trade data showing that Tanzania exported goods to Uganda worth 10trillion Ugandan shillings ($2.7billion) whereas Uganda’s exports to Tanzania were only around 1.1 trillion ($300million) creating a trade gap of 9trillion shillings.($2.4billion)
Uganda Officials claim that Tanzania has always imposed high taxes on Ugandan products such as Milk, Sugar and industrial materials like roofing materials
During the discussion in Dar es Salaam, the two countries agreed to scarp all non tariff barriers by June 2026 a bid to promote smooth cross boarder trade.
