Cross-Border Trade Surplus Expands by 12.5% to 2.03trn/- in March 2026
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TLDR
- Tanzania’s trade with neighbouring countries strengthened in the quarter ending March 2026, with the cross-border trade surplus expanding by 12.5 percent to 2.03trn/- from 1.81trn/- recorded in the corresponding quarter.
- However, its surplus remained 1.4 percent below the 82.6bn/- recorded in March 2025.The report attributed the narrowing of the Southern Highlands' trade surplus primarily to increased imports of capital and consumer.
- Exports increased 10.1 percent to 308.5bn/- from 280.3bn/-, while imports rose 14.9 percent to 227.2bn/-.Despite the increase in imports, the zone recorded a trade surplus of 81.4bn/- compared with a deficit of.
- Exports plunged 69.8 percent to 5.9bn/-, from 19.6bn/-, reflecting lower exports of cement, juice and other manufactured goods.At the same time, imports increased from 0.5bn/- to 2.9bn/-, resulting in the zone’s trade.
- According to the latest Consolidated Zonal Economic Performance Report for March, the improvement was largely driven by stronger exports from the Lake zone, particularly cement, unrefined gold, food products and other.