What is the price of maize per kilogram/pound in Tanzania today?
The retail price range for Tanzania maize is between US$ 0.83 and US$ 1.99 per kilogram or between US$ 0.38 and US$ 0.90 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of maize in Tanzania
The retail price range in Tanzanian shilling for maize is between TZS 1,974.28 and TZS 4,742.81 per kilogram or between TZS 895.36 and TZS 2,150.93 per pound(lb) in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Tanzania maize is between US$ 0.58 and US$ 1.39 per kilogram or between US$ 0.26 and US$ 0.63 per pound(lb).
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Tanzania Maize Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Maize from Tanzania over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 0.18 US $ per kg, followed by 0.22 US $ per kg in 2018 and 0.23 US $ per kg in 2019. In 2020, the price increased to 0.25 US $ per kg, before dropping to 0.17 US $ per kg in 2021. The highest price was recorded in 2014, at 0.36 US $ per kg. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Maize from Tanzania in 2023 will be around 0.20 US $ per kg, and in 2024 will be around 0.18 US $ per kg.The exports of maize from Tanzania are classified as:
- Hulled, pearled, sliced, kibbled or otherwise worked maize grains (excluding rolled, flaked, pellets and flour) (HS code 110423)
- Maize seed for sowing (HS code 100510)
- Maize (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100590)
Tanzania Maize Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Maize into Tanzania over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 0.18 US $ per kg, followed by 0.22 US $ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price increased slightly to 0.23 US $ per kg, and then to 0.25 US $ per kg in 2020. The most recent year, 2021, saw a decrease in the price to 0.17 US $ per kg. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Maize into Tanzania will remain relatively stable in the next two years, with an estimated price of 0.20 US $ per kg in 2023 and 0.19 US $ per kg in 2024.Export values for Tanzania maize
The total values in export for maize in Tanzania were US$ 160,336, US$ 40,560, US$ 342,424 and US$ 543,888 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Cereals/Grains category in Tanzania: Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Rice, Sorghum, Buckwheet, Millet, Canary seed & Fonio.
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Tanzania maize - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Tanzania exported 2,314,112 tonnes of maize. Through 2019 alone, the demand for Tanzania maize (cereals/grains category) has surged, flactuating by 46.776 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, maize's exports went up by 921.88% netting the country US$543.89m for the year 2019. Tanzania's maize exports are categorised as:
- Hulled, pearled, sliced, kibbled or otherwise worked maize grains (excluding rolled, flaked, pellets and flour) (HS code 110423)
- Maize (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100590)
- Maize seed for sowing (HS code 100510)
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Tanzania maize export values
In 2019, Tanzania sold maize worth 543.89m USD, an increment of 58.84% from 2018's total maize export of 342.424m USD. The yearly growth in value of Tanzania maize between 2017 to 2018 was 744.241 per cent.
The per year change in the volume of Tanzania's maize exports between 2017 and 2019 was 921.88 per cent compared to a variation of 46.776% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Tanzania maize ( in '000$ )
Tanzania's best performing export markets for maize are Zimbabwe, Kenya, India, Rwanda and Malawi.
Tanzania ordered 928,856 tonnes of maize in 2019.
Production
The production of maize in Tanzania was 68,569,308 tonnes in 2019 and is forecast to change by an average of -9.78%. The country had approximately 41,353,260.00 hectares under maize cultivation.