What is the price of potatoes per kilogram/pound in Tanzania today?
The retail price range for Tanzania potatoes is between US$ 0.82 and US$ 1.20 per kilogram or between US$ 0.37 and US$ 0.55 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of potatoes in Tanzania
The retail price range in Tanzanian shilling for potatoes is between TZS 1,946.50 and TZS 2,862.50 per kilogram or between TZS 882.77 and TZS 1,298.19 per pound(lb) in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Tanzania potatoes is between US$ 0.57 and US$ 0.84 per kilogram or between US$ 0.26 and US$ 0.38 per pound(lb).
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Tanzania Potatoes Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Potatoes from Tanzania over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2016, the price was a significant outlier at 113.99 US $ per kg. Since then, the price has dropped to 0.22 US $ per kg in 2017, and has remained at 0.05 US $ per kg in 2018, 0.07 US $ per kg in 2019, 0.12 US $ per kg in 2020, and 0.06 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Potatoes from Tanzania in 2023 and 2024 will be around 0.06 US $ per kg.The Tanzania potatoes exports are categorised as:
- Fresh or chilled potatoes (excluding seed) (HS code 070190)
- Potatoes, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (HS code 071010)
- Potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (HS code 200410)
- Potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excluding frozen) (HS code 200520)
Tanzania Potatoes Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Potatoes into Tanzania over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2016, the price spiked to an unusually high level of $113.99, before dropping back to $0.22 in 2017. Since then, the price has been relatively consistent, with the average price over the last five years being $0.11. In 2020, the price rose to $0.12, before dropping back to $0.06 in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Potatoes into Tanzania in 2023 will be around $0.08, and in 2024 will be around $0.09.Export values for Tanzania potatoes
The total values in export for potatoes in Tanzania were US$ 10,943, US$ 729, US$ 168 and US$ 50 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Tubers category in Tanzania: Seed Potatoes, Cassava, Sweet Potatoes, Yams, Taro (Arrowroot), Licorice roots, Ginseng roots, Chicory roots & Cocoyam.
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Tanzania potatoes - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Tanzania exported 661 tonnes of potatoes. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Tanzania potatoes (tubers category) has decreased, changing by -81.7 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, potatoes' exports went down by -80.07 percent netting the nation US$0.05m for the year 2019. Tanzania's potatoes exports are classified as:
- Potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (HS code 200410)
- Fresh or chilled potatoes (excluding seed) (HS code 070190)
- Potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excluding frozen) (HS code 200520)
- Potatoes, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (HS code 071010)
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Tanzania potatoes export values
In 2019, Tanzania shipped potatoes with a value of 0.05m USD, a decrease of -70.24% from 2018's total potatoes export of 0.168m USD. The yearly change in value of Tanzania potatoes between 2017 to 2018 was -76.955 pc.
The yearly change in the amount of Tanzania's potatoes exports between 2017 and 2019 was -80.07 pc in comparison to a variation of -81.7% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Tanzania potatoes ( in '000$ )
Tanzania's top export markets for potatoes are Malawi, Comoros, Rwanda, the Netherlands and Bulgaria.
Tanzania procured 1,617 tonnes of potatoes in 2019.
Production
The production of potatoes in Tanzania was 4,053,632 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of -6.18%. The country had an estimated 386,376.00 hectares under potatoes cultivation.