These are some of the links that will help to find any information needed in Tanzania
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TANZANIA GOVERNMENT |
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Government of Tanzania |
National government web portal (general overview of government issues) |
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Parliament of Tanzania |
National parliament (many of Tanzania’s laws can be accessed here) |
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Ministry of Industry, Trade & Marketing (MITM) |
National ministry responsible for trade & industrial policy matters |
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Ministry of Finance & Economic Affairs (MFEA) |
National ministry responsible for managing the economy and developing the country’s budget and tax laws |
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Ministry of Labour, Employment & Youth Development (MoLEYD) |
National ministry responsible for labour relations matters |
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Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security & Cooperatives (MAFSC) |
National ministry responsible for agriculture |
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Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB) |
Parastatal responsible for the development and regulation of the growing and the marketing of cotton |
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Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) |
Parastatal responsible for fostering investments |
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Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) |
Parastatal responsible for promoting the development of export processing zones |
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Board of External Trade (BOT) |
Parastatal responsible for promoting the export sales of Tanzania made goods |
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Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) |
Parastatal responsible for collection of corporate, individual, customs and excise, and sales taxes (VAT) |
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Bank of Tanzania (BoT) |
The central bank of Tanzania - controls inflation; regulates banks; issues currency |
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Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) |
Parastatal responsible for setting national quality standards and for providing metrology services |
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Vocational Education & Training Authority (VETA) |
Parastatal responsible for providing vocational training |
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Energy & Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) |
Parastatal responsible for regulating service and tariffs in the water and power sector (electricity; gas; fuel; etc.) |
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Tanzania National Business Council (NBC) |
Statutory institution providing a forum for public/private sector dialogue |
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TANZANIA PRIVATE SECTOR |
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Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE) |
represents private sector members’ interests on labour relations issues in national forums; and offers individual members advice |
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Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI) |
works in members’ interests to ensure a conducive legal, financial & economic environment within which industry can operate effectively |
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Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (TCCIA) |
works in members’ interests to ensure a conducive legal, financial & economic environment within which industry can operate effectively |
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Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TZPSF) |
promotes private sector-led social and economic development in Tanzania |
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Tanzania CEO Roundtable |
a policy dialogue forum that brings together the CEOs of 40 of the top 50 companies operating in Tanzania |
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Cami-Suma |
a garment manufacturer located in Dar es Salaam |
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Karibu Textile Mills (KTM) |
a kanga and kitenge manufacturer located in Dar es Salaam |
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Kibotrade |
a garment manufacturer located in Dar es Salaam |
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Mohammed Enterprises Limited (METL) |
Tanzania’s largest textile manufacturer – with 3 kanga & kitenge manufacturing plants (Tanga; Morogoro; Musoma); and 2 sisal beneficiation (rope; bag & sack) manufacturing operations (Dar es Salaam; Morogoro) |
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New Tabora Textiles Tanzania Ltd (NTTTL) |
a cotton yarn spinner located in Tabora |
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Nida/Namera Textiles |
a kanga & kitenge manufacturer located in Dar es Salaam |
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A-Z Textiles (in partnership with the Sumitomo Corporation/Olyset) |
a large mosquito net manufacturer located in Arusha |
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Sunflag Tanzania |
a vertically integrated (spin, knit, weave, garment) plant located in Arusha |
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Alliance Cotton |
cotton ginner located in Mara |
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MSK |
cotton ginner located in Kwimba |
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Olam (Tanzania) |
cotton ginner located in Bunda |
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S & C Ginning |
cotton ginner located in Bunda |
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Viran (owened by Olam) |
cotton ginner located in Tabora |
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TRADE |
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East African Community (EAC) |
An intergovernmental organisation comprising 5 East African states (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda). They have established a Customs Union meaning that the movement of goods between member states is free of customs duties |
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Southern African Development Community (SADC) |
An intergovernmental organisation comprising 15 Southern African states (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania Zambia, Zimbabwe). These states have established a Free Trade Area meaning that trade in goods between member states mainly occurs without the imposition of customs duties (subject to trade rules of origin) |
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African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) |
The main US government AGOA web portal (copies of AGOA laws; summaries of AGOA laws; can be found here)
a trade NGO with valuable resources on AGOA |
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Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) |
European Commission Directorate-General for Trade (see section on “African Caribbean & Pacific” [ACP]; located under “Bi-lateral Relations”)
a trade NGO with valuable resources on the EPA |
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Southern African Customs Union (SACU) |
The external trade tariffs of South Africa can be accessed from this site |
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Organic Cotton Initiatives in Tanzania |
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Remei/BioRe |
company co-ordinating the growing and processing of organic cotton in Tanzania’s Meatu region |
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Biosustain |
company co-ordinating the growing of organic cotton in Tanzania’s Singida region |
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Rural Livelihoods Development Company (RLDC) |
agricultural/rural development NGO involved in the co-ordination of organic cotton in the Maswa district in Tanzania’s Shinyanga region |
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