DRC overtakes Kenya, Uganda as Tanzania’s leading export market

Cargo trucks from Tanzania ferrying maize await offloading. Kevin Odit| Nation Media Group

Share of Dar’s exports to DRC rises to 4.4 percent as that of Kenya and Uganda reels from trade wars

Tanzania is now exporting more of its goods to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) compared to the traditional markets of Kenya and Uganda, highlighting the changing trade dynamics occasioned by new entrants into the EAC bloc and persistent trade wars over tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs).