Tanzania coffee industry Tanzania coffee business

Coffee exports from Tanzania (Tanzania) play an important role in the whole national economy.

In the past, the coffee industry in Tanzania has been dominated by manor cultivation, but now more than 85% are grown by small farmers. Many small farmers form cooperative organizations, the most important of which is the Kilimanjaro Cooperative Alliance (KilimanjaroCooperativeUnion, referred to as KNCU). Tanzanian coffee is sold by the Tanzanian Coffee Management Council (TanzanianCoffeeMarketingBoard, TCMB) to private exporters by auction. In the 1980s, most coffee sales in Tanzania shifted from auctions to coffee-shaped berries sold directly to the Tanzania Coffee Management Committee. Generally speaking, coffee beans in Tanzania have extraordinary quality. For example, the fine Tanzanian AA coffee (ChaggaAA), produced in the Moshi district near Mount Kilimanjaro, is famous for its full-grained and fragrant quality.