🇹🇿 Tanzania → the world · via Kenya
Tanzania is a leading pulse exporter — especially pigeon peas (tur/arhar) to India, chickpeas, green grams (mung beans), cowpeas and a range of common beans. Pulses are cleaned, graded and bagged by exporters in Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Mwanza.
Tanzania is a leading pulse exporter — especially pigeon peas (tur/arhar) to India, chickpeas, green grams (mung beans), cowpeas and a range of common beans. Pulses are cleaned, graded and bagged by exporters in Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Mwanza.
Several pulses trade through warehouse receipts and the Tanzania Mercantile Exchange.
Main markets: India, Pakistan, UAE, Vietnam, Europe, regional Africa.
Typical specifications; exact parameters are confirmed per lot on the quotation, inspection report and certificate of analysis.
Type 1 of 4 · 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Whole dried pigeon peas, mostly for dal milling in India.
Sample: $1.95/kg (indicative) Quote this type Order sample
| Purity | ≥ 98% |
|---|---|
| Moisture | ≤ 12% |
| Damaged/discoloured | ≤ 2–3% |
| Fumigation | required (India) |
Type 2 of 4 · 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Desi (small brown) and kabuli (cream) chickpeas from the Lake Zone.
Sample: $1.90/kg (indicative) Quote this type Order sample
| Kabuli counts | 42–44, 58–60 per oz |
|---|---|
| Purity | ≥ 98% |
| Moisture | ≤ 12% |
Type 3 of 4 · 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Shiny green mung beans for sprouting and dal.
Sample: $2.10/kg (indicative) Quote this type Order sample
| Purity | ≥ 98% |
|---|---|
| Moisture | ≤ 12% |
| Size | 3.5–4 mm (bold) |
Type 4 of 4 · 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Dark/light red kidney, yellow (Njano), sugar and pinto-type beans.
Sample: $2.20/kg (indicative) Quote this type Order sample
| Purity | ≥ 98% |
|---|---|
| Moisture | ≤ 14% |
| Uniform colour, low split | |
| Region | Notes |
|---|---|
| Manyara, Arusha & Dodoma | Pigeon peas, beans. |
| Shinyanga, Mwanza & Simiyu | Chickpeas and green grams (Lake Zone). |
| Mbeya, Iringa, Rukwa, Kagera | Common beans (red kidney, yellow, sugar beans). |
| Lindi & Mtwara | Pigeon peas, cowpeas. |
Pigeon peas: August–November; chickpeas & green grams: June–September; beans: two seasons.
HS codes: 0713.60 (pigeon peas) · 0713.20 (chickpeas) · 0713.31 (mung) · 0713.33 (kidney beans) · 0713.35 (cowpeas)
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Tanzania's main export commodities, how its auction systems work and how to ship from Dar es Salaam, Mtwara, Tanga or via Mombasa.
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