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Quick information guide

Incentives for cross border trade:

  • Tax exemptions for certified goods which originate from any EAC Partner State;
  • Establishment of One Stop Border Posts that quicken clearing and forwarding of goods

Free training opportunities on:

  • Production,
  • processing
  • packaging;
  • Marketing; and
  • Export and import requirements for Food, agricultural products, livestock and fishery.

Authorities offering the aforementioned free training:

  • TFDA;
  • TBS;
  •  Agriculture Plant Health; and
  • Livestock & Fishery Departments

Facilities at the border

  • Immigration desk ;
  • certifying agencies, warehouses;
  • Security desk ;
  • Health Desk including immunization;
  • Customs clearance and other agencies including Clearing and Forwarding Agencies, and
  • Export and import quality and standardization instruments;
     

Contacts
Tanzania Revenue Authority
Customs Excise Department
Namanga Border
P.O Box 8506
Namanga –Arusha
Tel: +255 0713 335 712
www.tra.go.tz

 

Cross Border Trade in Tanzania

The East African Community (EAC) Customs Union and Common Market Protocols provide wider opportunities for cross border trade in the region.

The agreements by the EAC Partner states have established that any product manufactured in the region can be traded within the EAC bloc without being subjected to import or export duty or preferential tariffs.

The EAC partner states have also improved infrastructure in most of borders. In most border posts trade facilitating agencies such as the customs, immigration and certification services are housed under one roof, a concept known as the One Stop Border Post (OSBP).

This has made it is easier to process the important cross border trade documents for consignment clearance within 1-3 days.

In addition, the established procedures, structures and systems at each border provide security, efficiency and effectiveness in consignment clearance.

angle-left Standardizations by the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries

Standardizations by the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries

  • All permit costs are paid where the permit is issued
  • In addition to normal product standards, export/import of fishery products need extra approval by checking the processing and packaging premises (cold rooms, packaging materials, tables and running adequate water) and transport materials.
  • Export of fishery products requires separate permits for different types of fishery products i.e. there is need for different permits for prawns, lobster and fish respectively.

In addition to the above, cross border fish trade requires radiation certificate from the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (TAEC)

 

What disqualifies import/export of livestock and/or fishery products?

  • Lack of an export/import permit a penalty of TZS 500,000 will apply.
  • Products, which are closer to expiry date. Animal product cargos with closer expiry dates are rejected.
  • Products with pests and/or disease infestations.
  • Weak Animals and/or those with abnormal health condition.
  • Individually imported poultry animals. Poultry import is only allowed by large scale commercial farms and not small-scale individual farmers
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