COUNTRY PROFILE / TANZANIA

Continent: Africa

Official Name: United Republic of Tanzania
Type of Government: Republic

Head of State: Ms. Samia Suluhu HASSAN

Area: 947,300 km²
Currency: Tanzanian Shilling

Population: 63.8 million inhabitants

Capital: Dodoma (official capital, seat of Parliament)

Main Cities: Dar es Salaam (economic capital), Arusha, Zanzibar

Official Languages: Swahili, English, Arabic (Zanzibar)

Agreements and Conventions

Cooperation between the two countries remains very weak.

A. Main Exports from Côte d'Ivoire to Tanzania: Essential oils and retinoids, prepared perfumes or toilet products, animal, vegetable, or microbial fats and oils and products of their breakdown, etc.

B. Main Imports to Côte d'Ivoire from Tanzania: Other plant textile fibers, paper yarns and paper yarn fabrics, various works, furniture, medical and surgical furniture, bedding articles and similar items, etc.

Sources : DGE-DPPSE

Sources : DGE-DPPSE

• The value of bilateral trade reached 300 million FCFA in 2022 compared to 782 million FCFA in 2021;
• For the period 2018-2022, the average value of Ivorian exports is estimated at 500 million FCFA/year compared to 246 million FCFA/year for imports;
• For the period 2018-2022, the trade balance is in surplus for Côte d'Ivoire except for the years 2018 and 2019 when it is in deficit.