Fertilizer Statistics Overview TANZANIA

Outline 1. Production 2. Imports 3. Exports 4. Origins and Destinations 5. Utilization 6. Consumption 7. NPK analysis 8. NPK top 6 9. Summary 10. Comments/Suggestions 11. Publications

Background information  This is an overview of fertilizer statistics in Tanzania for the past four years  Analysis are based on official trade data (official imports and official exports) from Tanzania Revenue Authority  In this overview, more emphasis is given to the year 2013 which is the immediate past year and each analysis is based on the products with higher quantities.

Current data available RAW DATA AVAILABLEPROCESSED DATA AVAILABLEON COUNTRYSTAT IMPORT From Customs, we have raw data from January 2009 to December 2013 January 2009 – December 2013 have been processed and filled in the FRUA and CS output tables. On CountrySTAT, there are data from 2005 – 2012 but no – 2012 EXPORT From Customs, we have raw data from 2009 to 2013 January 2009 – December 2013 have been Processed and filled in the FRUA and CS output tables. On CountrySTAT, there are data from 2005 – – 2009 PRODUCTION Production from Minjingu from Used to fill IFA FAO table 2013 figures missing On CountrySTAT, there are data from 2001 – 2011 for Phosphate Rock2001 – 2011 CONSUMPTIONActual Consumption available is from 2009/10 – 2011/12. The source is Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Used to fill IFA FAO table for 2011 Actual Consumption for Rome. On CountrySTAT, there are data from 1995 – – 2013

Production There is production of Ground Rock Phosphate and MAZAO (NP + S) from Minjingu Mines and Fertilizer Limited There is also production of lime fertilizers in Tanzania, we don’t have the quantities of production over the years Source: MINJINGU MINES & FERTILISER LTD.

Imports In the year 2013, the most officially imported fertilizer to Tanzania was Urea Looking at the trend of imports from 2010 to 2013, Urea has always been the most imported fertilizer But in 2011, DAP imports were higher than urea Source: TRA Other Fertilizers includes products like; MAP, SOP, MOP, Potassium nitrate, TSP, etc

Exports Source: TRA In 2013, NPK complex fertilizers (NPK ) were the most exported fertilizers All the NPK were exported to Rwanda However, the highest quantities of agricultural products exported over the years was in 2010 NPK (Unknown Grade) refers to NPK fertilizers that their grades are not known. Other Fertilizers includes products like; SOP, MOP, MAP, CAN, Potassium nitrate, etc

Fertilizer origins and destinations This graph shows the top 10 countries that Tanzania imported fertilizers from for the year 2013 and the quantities (MT) that were imported. This graph shows the top 5 countries that fertilizers from Tanzania were exported to and their quantities(MT) that were exported for the year 2013 Source: TRA

Utilization In Tanzania, most Ammonium Nitrate imported are used by the mining industries. Other products like urea can be used for both agriculture or industrial purpose depending on the importers The table above shows the quantities and percentages of imports and their usage. Source: TRA

Consumption [Apparent] At the moment, we are yet to get actual consumption of fertilizers in Tanzania, therefore, all available consumption are apparent. In 2013, the total apparent consumption of fertilizers was 403,857mt Comparing the total apparent consumption of fertilizers over the years, consumption in 2010 was the lowest whiles consumption in 2013 was the highest. Source: TRA

NPK analysis Of all the N, P 2 O 5 and K 2 O complex fertilizers, NPK with known grades accounted for 91% of all NPK complex fertilizers imported to Tanzania in 2013 Source: TRA Trend of NPK fertilizers officially imported to Tanzania for the past four years NPK (Unknown Grade) refers to NPK fertilizers with their grades that are not known.

NPK analysis – top various grades of NPK, NP, NK or PK have been officially listed but 6 are accounting for 89% of all imported complex fertilizers with NPK S + 0.1B being the most imported complex fertilizer from Finland. Source: TRA

Total NPK Volumes(MT) and Values(TZS) Imported in 2013 This table shows the volumes and average values of complex fertilizers officially imported to Tanzania in the year 2013 The total quantities imported were 81,572mt amounting to 40,964,000 USD Source: TRA, Exchange rate source: (oanda.com Time Period: 1/1/2013 to 31/1/2013) Tanzania=1,551.5/US$

Summary of 2013 fertilizer statistics for Tanzania

Comments / Suggestions IMPORTS DATA REQUIRING FURTHER CLARIFICATIONS 98% of products officially imported have been fully verified (HS Code, Product Name, Grade, etc) Only 2% of official imports require further clarification. The most common is NPK’s with grades unknown and NPK ; if it has micronutrients and if the micronutrients are the same as NPK S + 0.1B (which was the top imported complex fertilizer) MAIN IMPORTED PRODUCTS REQUIRING FUTHER CLARIFICATION

Other Comments/ Suggestions Note: COUNTRYSTAT Fertilizer Technical Working Group must check that NPK is actually not the same as NPK S + 0.1B. This product alone accounts for 6.9% of the problems identified. Although the HS code is linked to the basic description, Good description is also needed to verify a products usage, grade, etc. Some of the Good descriptions have blanks; in those cases HS codes and Importer names were used to determine the product. All the blank descriptions should be checked and clarified. About 4,548 tons of products (NPK unknown grade) couldn't be described and identified. This represents however less than 10% of the total NPK imported to the country, and less than 2% of the total volumes imported.

Publications Some of the publications that are currently available on countrystat.org are; Tanzania Technical Working Group Meeting Monthly Newsletter of CountrySTAT Tanzania (May-July, 2010) Monthly Newsletter of CountrySTAT Tanzania (APRIL-MAY, 2010) Tanzania hurries to bring about green revolution Tanzania CountrySTAT web launch short-changed Tanzania CountrySTAT: A major boost to Kilimo Kwanza No specific publications on fertilizers available