The freight logistics sector of Tanzania faces capacity-related challenges, which undermine its efficiency and lead to poor services, delays, compliance challenges, and low competitiveness, among others. The negative impact is felt nationally and in countries across the region that use the Tanzania transport logistics corridors. While benchmark figures exist on the regulatory aspects of the logistics chain in Tanzania, policies aiming to improve the sector require much more detailed information on institutional bottlenecks, costs and time and complexity aspects of domestic logistics chain.
This report intends to address this gap through the provision of objective assessment of trade and transport facilitation readiness in Tanzania. In addition, the report identifies specific bottlenecks on the logistics chain including institutional, policy, regulatory and implementation frameworks, as well as operational challenges that impede the seamless flow of goods on the logistics chain.
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