Tanzania’s coffee export increased in volume and value despite the market disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. From 2020 to the first quarter of 2022 coffee export earned the country a total of $135.1 million from the export of 68,880 tonnes of coffee.
A total of 30,375 tonnes of Arabica coffee and 38,505 tonnes of Robusta were sold.
“Our coffee remains to be in good quality, increasing its demand in the world market”, said Frank Nyalusi, the Sales and Quality Control manager at the Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB).
He added during an interview that the volume of coffee exports increased by 10,000 tonnes from 59,318 tonnes sold in 2019/2020.
“This was an increase of 13 per cent”, he said, noting that nine auctions were held in Moshi, eight in Songwe and six in Mbinga, Ruvuma region.
TCB has projected the exports for the 2021/2022 season to be at 65,000 tonnes, of which Arabica would be 35,000 tonnes and Robusta 30,000 tonnes.
Tanzanian coffee is largely exported to Japan, Italy, the United States, Germany, Greece and the emerging markets of South Africa, Korea, China and the Middle East.
