Apply In-Person:

1. Application for exporting of Coffee in Tanzania is available in Tanzania Ports Authority contact link
2. Applicant has to procure the prescribed application form for this service from the Tanzania Revenue Authority.
3. Applicant must provide all necessary information in the application form.
4. Applicant should carry photocopies and originals of all documents that are mentioned under “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. Applicant should make sure to attach photocopies of all documents (whichever is necessary) along with the application form and submit it to the relevant authority.
6. Fee for this procedure has to be paid as per authority’s request.
7. If all the above-mentioned procedures were followed properly by the applicant, the export will be done within 1 month.
8. For obtaining a green coffee export license, applicant must visit the Tanzania Coffee Board contact link

• Certificate of Incorporation
• Memorandum and Articles of Association
• Business License
• Tax Identification Number
• Contract of Approved Coffee Trader
• Agreement or Letter naming a license coffee liquer
• Coloured Passport size photographs
• Certificate of Compliance
• Self-Assessment Document
• Commercial Invoice
• Clearing Agent authorization letter
• Parking list
• Sample record form for radioactivity analysis
• Commercial Invoice
• Food Sample
• Export Quality Certificate
• License for Instant Coffee Export
• Photosynthetic certificate
• Radioactive analysis certificate from the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission
• International coffee organization certificate
• Shipping order
• Release order
• Identification

Location: Tanga
Address: Tanzania Coffee Board,
SIDCO Street, Tanga,
Tanzania
Contact link
Location link

Location: Dar es Salaam
Address: Tanzania Ports Authority,
Head Quarters, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Contact: +255222116250
Contact link
Location link

• Any trader in Tanzania who is willing to export coffee is eligible.

• Fee for this procedure has to be paid as per authority’s request.

• This document is valid until coffee is exported.

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• Processing time for this procedure is 1 month.

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• Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (TAEC) is the competent authority that regulates all radioactive elements and equipment that produce radioactive waves in Tanzania.
• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Name of the Exporter
• Address of the Exporter
• TIN/PIN number of the Exporter
• Agent’s Name
• Agent’s Address
• Agent’s TIN processing/clearing office
• Registration Number
• Date
• Country of Destination of Goods
• Tax Invoice Value
• Financial and Banking Data
• Date
• Nationality
• Office of entry
• Location of goods
• Packages and Distribution of Goods
• Calculation of Duties

• This document is necessary for exporting coffee from Tanzania to other foreign countries.

• All goods whose exportation are regulated under the East African Customs Management Act or of any law for the time being in force in Tanzania require a permit from relevant authorities.

• This document can be used for tracking whether the goods were exported to their place of destination.

• Tanzania Coffee Board link
• Tanzania Ports Authority link

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