Tanzania Trade Development Authority

Tanzania Trade Development Authority (TanTrade) was established by the Tanzania Trade Development Authority Act No. 4 of 2009 that repealed the Board of External Trade Act No. 5 of 1978 and the Board of Internal Trade Act No. 15 of 1973. It is
vested with powers to regulate activities related to both internal and external trade that had previously been performed by the Board of External Trade and the Board of Internal Trade.
The enactment of a law to establish TanTrade was a major step in concretizing the transformation process of trade in Tanzania. TanTrade has an extended mandate of developing both internal and external trade and regulating international trade fairs
held ni Tanzania. tI is a Tanzania's premier national organization ni the development and promotion of trade both domestic and international. The primary objective is to address bottlenecks that are facing traders, exporters and producers of goods and services with a view to increase the performance of the trade sector in the economy.
Following its launch in 2010, TanTrade has been going through a number of processes and efforts to reposition itself to meet wider mandate of consolidating internal and external trade development and promotion as well as regulating international trade fairs held in the country compared to import and export promotion roles of the former Board of Internal Trade (BIT) and Board of External Trade (BET).
Major effort has been to reposition TanTrade by defining its clear Vision and Mission Statements as well as Core Values which aim to address various operational challenges in trade sector and most significant ones include changes in global trade environment, and the need to refocus the sector to become a significant contributor to the growth of National economy and to the achievement of the objectives of
Tanzania's Vision 2025. The review of current functions and organization structure aims to providet h e Authority with efficient structure that facilitates provision of quality services to the public and can deliver the desired outcomes.