Full Name (abbr.): National Trade Policy: Trade Policy for a Competitive Economy and Export-Led Growth
URL: http://www.tanzania.go.tz/pdf/tradepolicy.pdf

Owners: Ministry of Industry Trade and Marketing

Target Groups: The ultimate target is to enhance income generation and the people’s earning power at the grass-roots level as the key to poverty reduction in fulfilment of the fundamental human right of equal opportunity for all citizens as enshrined in the
constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania.

  • NTP-Objective 1: stimulate a process of trade development as the means of triggering higher performance and capacity to withstand intensifying competition within the domestic market. This includes the establishment of improved physical market-place infrastructure and stimulating dissemination of market information and increasing access to the market.
  • NTP-Objective 2: economic transformation towards an integrated, diversified and competitive entity capable of participating effectively in the MTS.
  • NTP-Objective 3: the stimulation and encouragement of value-adding activities on primary exports as a means of increasing national earnings and income flows even on the basis of existing output levels.
  • NTP-Objective 4: the stimulation of investment flows into exportoriented areas in which Tanzania has comparative advantages as a strategy for inducing the introduction of technology and innovation into production systems as the basis for economic competitiveness.
  • NTP-Objective 5: the attainment and maintenance of long-term current account balance and balance of payments through effective utilisation of complementarities in regional and international trading arrangements as a means of increasing exports combined with initiatives for higher efficiency in the utilisation of imports.

Baseline: + Related Initiatives
Diagnostic Trade Integration Study

Blueprint:

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