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Cloves, Seaweed Join Other Heavyweights in Zanzibar Exports

Thanks to an improvement in exports of cloves and seaweed, Zanzibar's earnings increased by 21.8% in the year ending July 2020. A total of 3,900 tons were exported compared to 200 tonnes in the same period in 2019. This development is a surprising change for Zanzibar, which has relied heavily on tourism as its economic lifeline. A Bank of Tanzania review has indicated that earnings from exports of goods and services reached U.S.$230.9 million by July 2020.

Tanzania: How Cloves and Seaweeds Push Up Zanzibar Exports

Citizen, 9 September 2020

Zanzibar's foreign exchange earnings increased by 21.8 per cent in the year ending July 2020, thanks to an improvement in exports of cloves and seaweeds. Read more »
Tanzania: 56th Anniversary - How Cloves Back Revolutionary Regimes

Daily News, 12 January 2020

AS Zanzibar celebrates the 56th anniversary of Revolution, it's a good time to reflect on how cloves, one of the major sources of income helped the country to sustain its economic… Read more »
Tanzania: Cloves, Seaweeds Exports Decline, Earnings Down

Daily News, 29 August 2019

ZANZIBAR export earnings has declined by 20.3 per cent to 189.6 million US dollars in the year ending June from 238 million US dollars registered in the corresponding period 2018,… Read more »
Tanzania: Cloves, Seaweeds Boost Zanzibar Export Earnings

Daily News, 2 May 2018

ZANZIBAR exports earnings increased by 21.6 per cent to 489.94bn/- in the year ending February compared to 403.04bn/- of the corresponding period 2017, on improvement in exports of… Read more »