{"id":37500,"date":"2026-06-19T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37500"},"modified":"2026-06-19T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:40:00","slug":"tanzania-records-strong-trade-surplus-with-sadc","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tanzania-records-strong-trade-surplus-with-sadc\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania records strong trade surplus with SADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Tanzania is experiencing a trade surplus with countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), with exports nearly tripling over the past five years.<br \/>\nOfficials say exports to the regional bloc have largely been driven by gold shipments and growing regional demand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The development comes as African countries push for deeper economic integration and increased trade within the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Cargo trucks destined for Southern African countries are a common sight on Tanzanian roads.<br \/>\nAccording to government figures, last year was a great year for Tanzanian exports to\u00a0SADC\u00a0countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Minister of Industry and Trade Judith Kapinga says: &#8220;In 2025, the value of goods sold within the SADC market reached about $3.05 billion, compared to about $2.56 billion the previous year, representing an increase of 19.4%.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say gold dominates the export basket, making up over 75% of Tanzania&#8217;s total exports to SADC countries, with the rest consisting of agricultural products and manufactured goods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30862,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-37500","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Tanzania is experiencing a trade surplus with SADC countries","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37501,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37500\/revisions\/37501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}