TANZANIA Price Bulletin June 2021
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year.
Maize is the main staple crop in Tanzania. Rice and beans are also very important, the latter constituting the main source of protein for most low- and middle-income households. Dar es Salaam is the main consumer market in the country. Arusha is another important market and is linked with Kenya in the north. Dodoma represents the central region of the country, a semi-arid, deficit area. Mtwara sits in a south coastal deficit area while Songea and Mbeya represent the southern highlands. Tanga is also a coastal town in the north, with trade connections with Kenya.
Source: FEWS NET gratefully acknowledges RATIN, Tanzania for the market data and information used to produce this report.
5 Year Average 2016 - 2020 Previous Year 2020 Current Year 2021
Maize: Nominal wholesale prices in Arusha Maize: Nominal wholesale prices in Dar es Salaam 1200 1000 900 1000 800 700 800 600 600 500 TZS/kg TZS/kg 400 400 300 200 200 100 0 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Beans: Nominal wholesale prices in Maize: Nominal wholesale prices in Iringa Dar es Salaam 1000 3000
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0 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
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5 Year Average 2016 - 2020 Previous Year 2020 Current Year 2021
Milled rice: Nominal wholesale prices in in Dar es Salaam 3000
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