Commodity Origins

What does Tanzania produce and export?

Tanzania ranks in the top ten producers of 9 commodities: sisal (#2, 26% of world output in 2024), cashews (#3, 12% of world output in 2024), cloves (#3, 4.3% of world output in 2024), graphite (#3, 4.2% of world output in 2025), cardamom (#8, 0.4% of world output in 2024), bananas (#9, 2.3% of world output in 2024) and more. It is a top-ten exporter of cashews (#2, 17% of world export value in 2024), jute (#2, 10% of world export value in 2024), cloves (#3, 5% of world export value in 2024), tobacco (#6, 4.2% of world export value in 2024), chickpeas (#7, 4.4% of world export value in 2024) and more.

Where tanzania is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of tanzania production in 2024. Darkest: Tanzania 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: 100% (1)Western Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Tanzania produce?

Commodities where Tanzania is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Sisal Fibres & other raw materials226%61,216 t2024FAOSTAT
Cashews Fruit & vegetables312%528,262 t2024FAOSTAT
Cloves Softs34.3%8,575 t2024FAOSTAT
Graphite Metals34.2%75,000 t2025USGS MCS
Cardamom Softs80.4%819 t2024FAOSTAT
Bananas Fruit & vegetables92.3%3.3 million t2024FAOSTAT
Tobacco Softs91.9%117,464 t2024FAOSTAT
Cassava Fruit & vegetables103.1%10.5 million t2024FAOSTAT
Sesame seed Oilseeds & vegetable oils104.1%272,670 t2024FAOSTAT

What does Tanzania export?

Top 9 Tanzania commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 9 Tanzania commodity exports in 2024: Cashews 17%, Tobacco 4.2%, Sesame seed 3.4%, Chickpeas 4.4%, Cloves 5%, Jute 10%, Sorghum 0.8%, Sisal 3%, Graphite 3.5%; rest of world 48%.CashewsCashews: 17%, $602 million17%TobaccoTobacco: 4.2%, $599.1 million4.2%Sesame seedSesame seed: 3.4%, $268.1 million3.4%ChickpeasChickpeas: 4.4%, $108 million4.4%ClovesCloves: 5%, $32.8 million5%JuteJute: 10%, $21.7 million10%SorghumSorghum: 0.8%, $21.6 million0.8%SisalSisal: 3%, $20.8 million3%GraphiteGraphite: 3.5%, $19.1 million3.5%Rest of worldRest of world: 48%, $048%
Tanzania's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Tanzania's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Tanzania dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 9 Tanzania commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Cashews$602 million17%
2Tobacco$599.1 million4.2%
3Sesame seed$268.1 million3.4%
4Chickpeas$108 million4.4%
5Cloves$32.8 million5%
6Jute$21.7 million10%
7Sorghum$21.6 million0.8%
8Sisal$20.8 million3%
9Graphite$19.1 million3.5%
Rest of world$048%

Tanzania's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Tanzania's own $7.5 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Gold alone is 59% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Tanzania compares with other countries.

Tanzania's tracked export mix by commodityGold: 59.4%; Other tracked commodities: 16.7%; Cashews: 8.0%; Tobacco: 7.9%; Coffee: 4.4%; Rice: 3.6%.Gold: 59.4%Gold59.4%Other tracked commodities: 16.7%Other tracked co…16.7%Cashews: 8.0%Cashews8.0%Tobacco: 7.9%Tobacco7.9%Coffee: 4.4%Coffee4.4%Rice: 3.6%Rice3.6%
Commodities where Tanzania is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Cashews217%$602 million2024
Jute210%$21.7 million2024
Cloves35%$32.8 million2024
Tobacco64.2%$599.1 million2024
Chickpeas74.4%$108 million2024
Sisal73%$20.8 million2024
Sorghum70.8%$21.6 million2024
Graphite83.5%$19.1 million2024
Sesame seed103.4%$268.1 million2024

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Tanzania commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Tanzania is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Tanzania in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Tanzania, computed from the same data as this page.

What Tanzania uses

Tanzania had about 67 million people and a food supply of 2,518 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Tanzania, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Cassava10.0 million tonnes3%124 (#14 of 112)101%<0.1%
Corn7.7 million tonnes0.6%80 (#8 of 140)101%1.2%
Milk3.9 million tonnes0.4%36 (#109 of 142)99%0.9%
Bananas3.7 million tonnes2.8%38 (#8 of 140)100%<0.1%
Rice3.6 million tonnes0.5%48 (#48 of 141)97%12%
Wheat1.1 million tonnes0.1%15 (#129 of 143)5.9%99%
Sorghum714 thousand tonnes1.5%4.5 (#13 of 71)104%<0.1%
Sugar643 thousand tonnes0.4%8.9 (#125 of 143)60%40%

FAO reports a negative domestic supply for Tanzania's coffee (−19 thousand tonnes; production 63 thousand tonnes, imports 2 thousand tonnes, exports 85 thousand tonnes); soybeans (−20 thousand tonnes; production 39 thousand tonnes, imports 35 thousand tonnes, exports 101 thousand tonnes), meaning exports exceed production plus imports in the year. These are not counted as use and are left out of the table above.

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

Who supplies Tanzania

How long Tanzania's own reserves would last

USGS national reserve figures, rounded. A short national figure usually reflects how little has been proved up, not when mining stops. See country reserve life.

Tanzania and critical minerals

The export controls register lists 1 measure imposed by Tanzania, of which 0 are in force, suspended or scheduled as of the register's date.

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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