What is the price of seaweed per kilogram/pound in Tanzania today?
The retail price range for Tanzania seaweed is between US$ 5.63 and US$ 7.35 per kilogram or between US$ 2.55 and US$ 3.33 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of seaweed in Tanzania
The retail price range in Tanzanian shilling for seaweed is between TZS 13,405.64 and TZS 17,495.50 per kilogram or between TZS 6,079.66 and TZS 7,934.47 per pound(lb) in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Tanzania seaweed is between US$ 3.94 and US$ 5.14 per kilogram or between US$ 1.79 and US$ 2.33 per pound(lb).
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Tanzania Seaweed Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Seaweed from Tanzania over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price per kilogram was 0.30 US dollars, which increased to 0.35 US dollars in 2019. However, the price dropped to 0.23 US dollars in 2016 and has since remained relatively stable at 0.32 US dollars in 2020 and 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price of Seaweed from Tanzania will remain at 0.32 US dollars in 2023 and 2024.Tanzania Seaweed Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Seaweed into Tanzania over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 0.30 US$ per kg, followed by 0.31 US$ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price increased slightly to 0.35 US$ per kg, before dropping to 0.32 US$ per kg in 2020 and 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price of Seaweed into Tanzania will remain at 0.32 US$ per kg in 2023 and 2024.Export values for Tanzania seaweed
The total values in export for seaweed in Tanzania were US$ 18, US$ 30, US$ 124 and US$ 8,542 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Tanzania seaweed - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Tanzania exported 11,586 tonnes of seaweed. Across 2019 alone, the demand for Tanzania seaweed (agro commodities category) has escalated, changing by 2796.5 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, seaweed's exports grew by 11371.29 percent netting the exporter US$8.54m for the year 2019. Tanzania's seaweed exports are categorised as:
- Seaweeds and other algae, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground, fit for human consumption (HS code 121221)
- Seaweeds and other algae, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground (HS code 121220)
- Seaweeds & other algae (HS code 1212Xa)
- Seaweeds and other algae, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground, unfit for human consumption (HS code 121229)
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Tanzania seaweed export values
In 2019, Tanzania supplied seaweed valued at 8.54m USD, an increase of 6,787.10% from 2018's total seaweed export of 0.124m USD. The annual growth in value of Tanzania seaweed between 2017 to 2018 was 313.333%.
The annual variation in the volume of Tanzania's seaweed exports between 2017 and 2019 was 11371.29 per cent when compared to a variation of 2796.5% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Tanzania seaweed ( in '000$ )
Tanzania imported 0 tonnes of seaweed in 2019.