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How much cloves do Tanzania produce and export?

Tanzania is the 3rd largest producer of cloves: 8,575 tonnes in 2024, 4.3% of the world's 198,941 tonnes (FAOSTAT). It is the 3rd largest exporter by value: $32.8 million in 2024, 5% of world exports of cloves (HS 090710) (CEPII BACI). Its biggest customer is Indonesia, which takes 37% of its cloves exports by value.

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Tanzania's cloves production

Tanzania cloves production, 2024
World rankProduction (tonnes)Share of worldTen-year growthYear
38,575 tonnes4.3%-0.2% a year2024

FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (QCL), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

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Tanzania cloves production

Share of world output over time

Tanzania's share of world cloves production in selected years
19902000201020202024
2.5%10%6.8%4.4%4.3%

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 41%, 1970s 25%, 1980s 9.4%, 1990s 5.8%, 2000s 8.9%, 2010s 5.4%, 2020s 4.5%. See the concentration-over-time report.

Tanzania's cloves exports

Tanzania exports of Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems), neither crushed nor ground, 2024
World rankExport valueShare of world exportsQuantity (tonnes)Average value per tonneYear
3$32.8 million5%3,946 t$8,3102024

CEPII BACI international trade database (HS22, V202601), HS 090710 (Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems), neither crushed nor ground).

Where Tanzania's cloves goes

Largest destinations of Tanzania's cloves exports, 2024
DestinationValueShare of Tanzania's exports
Indonesia$12M37%
India$10M29%
Singapore$7M22%
United Arab Emirates$1M3.1%
South Korea$581,8931.8%

Largest five destinations of 1,627 exporter-importer pairs BACI reports for 2024. See trade flows.

How much cloves Tanzania uses

Tanzania's domestic supply of cloves was 4 thousand tonnes in 2023, 2.3% of the world's. Food supply was 0.1 kg per person a year, 4th highest of 137 countries with a million or more people. It produced 225% of what it used (self-sufficiency) and imported 0%. FAO's item is "Cloves". Consumption · Self-sufficiency.

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