Summary
- China → Tanzania
- $5.6billion
- Tanzania → China
- $685million
- China’s balance
- $4.9billion
Balance
China’s trade balance with Tanzania
Trade between China and Tanzania grew 67.3-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 5.6
- Imports 0.7
- Balance +4.9
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $83 million | $10 million | $74 million |
| 1996 | $51 million | $19 million | $32 million |
| 1997 | $66 million | $18 million | $48 million |
| 1998 | $76 million | $11 million | $65 million |
| 1999 | $63 million | $7 million | $56 million |
| 2000 | $87 million | $5 million | $82 million |
| 2001 | $90 million | $4 million | $86 million |
| 2002 | $101 million | $5 million | $96 million |
| 2003 | $166 million | $24 million | $142 million |
| 2004 | $215 million | $133 million | $81 million |
| 2005 | $258 million | $247 million | $12 million |
| 2006 | $341 million | $280 million | $61 million |
| 2007 | $483 million | $211 million | $272 million |
| 2008 | $804 million | $174 million | $629 million |
| 2009 | $767 million | $205 million | $562 million |
| 2010 | $995 million | $484 million | $511 million |
| 2011 | $1.2 billion | $556 million | $630 million |
| 2012 | $1.5 billion | $472 million | $987 million |
| 2013 | $2.2 billion | $540 million | $1.7 billion |
| 2014 | $2.4 billion | $509 million | $1.9 billion |
| 2015 | $2.4 billion | $608 million | $1.8 billion |
| 2016 | $2.3 billion | $369 million | $2 billion |
| 2017 | $1.8 billion | $336 million | $1.5 billion |
| 2018 | $2.1 billion | $470 million | $1.7 billion |
| 2019 | $2.5 billion | $383 million | $2.1 billion |
| 2020 | $2.7 billion | $421 million | $2.2 billion |
| 2021 | $3.6 billion | $600 million | $3 billion |
| 2022 | $4.8 billion | $559 million | $4.2 billion |
| 2023 | $5.1 billion | $719 million | $4.4 billion |
| 2024 | $5.6 billion | $685 million | $4.9 billion |
What they sell each other
What China sells to Tanzania
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Tanzania sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Dar es Salaam is 6,443 nautical miles (11,932 km) long: ≈ 15–19 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Tanzania was China’s 82nd largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Tanzania’s largest (21%).
- Tanzania in China’s trade
- 0.1%
- Tanzania’s rank among China’s partners
- 82nd
- China in Tanzania’s trade
- 21.3%
- China’s rank among Tanzania’s partners
- 1st
Compare with
Other partners of China
Other partners of Tanzania
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.