weighted score 5.4 · nine dimensions
Country Risk Profile
Tanzania
Sourcing risk, regulatory exposure and audit intelligence for Tanzania-origin supply chains.
Forced & child labour
6
TVPRA listings for coffee, gold, tanzanite, and tobacco. Artisanal mining is primary risk area. Agricultural sector has documented child labour in harvest seasons.
Worker rights & FOA
6
All eight ILO fundamental conventions ratified. Freedom of association legally protected but enforcement inconsistent. Trade union activity permitted but capacity limited.
OHS & audit transparency
6
Occupational health and safety enforcement limited, particularly in artisanal mining and informal agriculture. Third-party audit infrastructure developing but not widely available.
Food & product safety
5
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) operational. Food safety certification improving for export-oriented agriculture but domestic standards enforcement variable.
Environmental & regulatory
5
Coffee is EUDR-regulated. Deforestation risk present in agricultural expansion areas. Environmental enforcement capacity limited but improving.
Governance & anti-corruption
7
TI CPI ~39/100. Improving trajectory under President Samia Hassan. Regulatory reform underway but institutional capacity constraints persist. Corruption risk remains material in mining licensing.
Tariff & preferential access
2
EU-EAC EPA and EBA status provide duty-free, quota-free access. Strong preferential position relative to middle-income competitors.
Non-tariff barriers
5
Rules of origin certification can be challenging. SPS compliance for agricultural exports requires investment. EUDR geolocation traceability requirements apply to coffee.
Supply chain traceability
7
Artisanal mining supply chains have very low traceability. Agricultural cooperatives provide some structure but multi-tier visibility is limited. Coffee traceability improving through certification schemes.
Labour & Social Risk
Labour & Social Risk
- TVPRA listings
- US Department of Labor TVPRA list includes Tanzania for coffee, gold, tanzanite, and tobacco produced with child labour or forced labour. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is a particular area of concern.
- Artisanal mining risks
- Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of gold and tanzanite involves documented child labour and hazardous working conditions. Mercury use in gold processing creates additional occupational health risks. Supply chain traceability in ASM is extremely difficult.
- ILO conventions
- Tanzania has ratified all eight ILO fundamental conventions. Enforcement capacity remains limited, particularly in the informal agricultural and mining sectors where the majority of labour risk is concentrated.
EU Regulatory Exposure
EU Regulatory Exposure
- Tariff access
- Tanzania benefits from the EU-EAC EPA providing duty-free, quota-free access for most goods. EBA (Everything But Arms) status also applies as a Least Developed Country. Preferential access is a significant compliance advantage.
- Governance & anti-corruption
- Transparency International CPI score approximately 39/100. Governance has been improving under President Samia Suluhu Hassan since 2021, with greater openness to foreign investment and regulatory reform. However, institutional capacity remains a constraint.
- EUDR exposure
- Coffee is an EUDR-regulated commodity. Tanzanian coffee exporters will need to demonstrate deforestation-free supply chains and geolocation traceability under the EU Deforestation Regulation.
- EU Forced Labour Regulation
- Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 applies from December 2027. Gold and tanzanite from artisanal mining present elevated risk of investigation under Article 5 due to documented forced and child labour concerns.
Logistics & Supply Chain
Logistics & Supply Chain
- Primary export corridor
- Dar es Salaam → Indian Ocean → Suez Canal → EU ports
- Key transit chokepoints
- Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait
- Main EU destination ports
- Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp
- Typical transit time
- 18–25 days to Northwest Europe