Management of Trade in Tanzania

Abstract

This study focussed on the processes and strategies towards improvement of and consolidating trade management in Tanzania. It was based on the experiences and lessons gained in Russian on the Russian practice, but with a linkage to the then prevailing situations and conditions in Tanzania. In the foregoing context, and in view of the importance of trade in Tanzania, the study sought to: • Make a comparative study on the inter-related conditions in respect of trade management in Tanzania, Russia and other countries; • Clearly explain the place of trade as an integral part of the Tanzanian economy; • Establish the role of trade in national strategies for solving prevailing social and economic problems affecting Tanzanians their country; • Undertake positive analysis of the management and administration of intemal trade in the economic conditions then prevailing in Tanzania; • Establish the linkage of internal trade organs and suggest how the system could be streamlined towards effectiveness and efficiency; • Determine ways of working towards the rationalisation of internal trade by setting priorities and policies which would help put in place a mechanism towards that end; and • Suggest ways of creating conditions that would ensure a periodic and continuous revision of performance for purposes of overcoming challenges in the management of trade in Tanzania.