What is the price of wheat per kilogram/pound in Tanzania today?
The retail price range for Tanzania wheat is between US$ 4.54 and US$ 5.03 per kilogram or between US$ 2.06 and US$ 2.28 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of wheat in Tanzania
The retail price range in Tanzanian shilling for wheat is between TZS 10,820.07 and TZS 11,971.14 per kilogram or between TZS 4,907.06 and TZS 5,429.09 per pound(lb) in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Tanzania wheat is between US$ 3.18 and US$ 3.52 per kilogram or between US$ 1.44 and US$ 1.60 per pound(lb).
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Tanzania Wheat Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Wheat from Tanzania over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price per kilogram was 0.27 US dollars, followed by a sharp drop to 0.23 US dollars in 2018. In 2019, the price decreased further to 0.20 US dollars, before increasing to 0.32 US dollars in 2020. The most recent year, 2021, saw a decrease to 0.17 US dollars. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price of Wheat from Tanzania will remain relatively low in the coming years, with an estimated price of 0.15 US dollars in 2023 and 0.13 US dollars in 2024.The wheat exports from Tanzania are classified as:
- Durum wheat (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100119)
- Wheat and meslin (excluding seed for sowing, and durum wheat) (HS code 100199)
- Durum wheat seed for sowing (HS code 100111)
- Wheat and meslin (excluding durum wheat) (HS code 100190)
- Durum wheat (HS code 100110)
- Wheat gluten, whether or not dried (HS code 110900)
- Wheat (excl durum) & meslin (HS code 1001Xb)
- Seed of wheat and meslin, for sowing (excluding durum) (HS code 100191)
Tanzania Wheat Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Wheat into Tanzania over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was 0.45 US dollars per kg, followed by a significant drop to 0.27 US dollars per kg in 2017. The price then decreased further to 0.23 US dollars per kg in 2018 and 0.20 US dollars per kg in 2019. In 2020, the price rose to 0.32 US dollars per kg, before dropping again to 0.17 US dollars per kg in 2021. This indicates a general downward trend in the import price of Wheat into Tanzania over the last five years. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price of Wheat into Tanzania in 2023 will be around 0.14 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 0.11 US dollars per kg.Export values for Tanzania wheat
The total values in export for wheat in Tanzania were US$ 74, US$ 1,422, US$ 315 and US$ 15 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: Rye, Barley, Oats, Maize, Rice, Sorghum, Buckwheet, Millet, Canary seed & Fonio.
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Tanzania wheat - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Tanzania shipped 86 tonnes of wheat. In 2019 alone, the interest in Tanzania wheat (cereals/grains category) has gone down, changing by -93.611 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, wheat's exports decreased by -98.36% netting Tanzania US$0.02m for the year 2019. Tanzania's wheat exports are categorised as:
- Durum wheat (HS code 100110)
- Wheat gluten, whether or not dried (HS code 110900)
- Wheat and meslin (excluding seed for sowing, and durum wheat) (HS code 100199)
- Durum wheat (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100119)
- Seed of wheat and meslin, for sowing (excluding durum) (HS code 100191)
- Wheat (excl durum) & meslin (HS code 1001Xb)
- Wheat and meslin (excluding durum wheat) (HS code 100190)
- Durum wheat seed for sowing (HS code 100111)
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Tanzania wheat export values
In 2019, Tanzania exported wheat valued at 0.02m USD, a reduction of -93.65% from 2018's total wheat export of 0.315m USD. The annual change in value of Tanzania wheat between 2017 to 2018 was -77.848 pc.
The per year variation in the amount of Tanzania's wheat exports between 2017 and 2019 was -98.36% in comparison to a variation of -93.611% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Tanzania's stake of the world's total wheat's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked position 10 in world exports of wheat.
Export markets for Tanzania wheat ( in '000$ )
Tanzania's leading destinations for wheat are Qatar, Burundi, Seychelles, Switzerland and Rwanda.
Import/Export Trends
Tanzania is a net exporter of wheat. The annual growth of Tanzania wheat in value between 2015 to 2019 was 43%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was %, per annum.
Tanzania purchased 886,825 tonnes of wheat in 2019.
Production
The production of wheat in Tanzania was 507,104 tonnes in 2019 and is predicted to change by an average of 11.89%. The country had approximately 337,416.00 hectares under wheat cultivation.