Tanzania–Zambia relations

Tanzanian – Zambian relations

Tanzania	Zambia

Tanzania– Zambia relations are

The balance of trade between the two nations is very stable and in 2013 Tanzania exported $92.7 million worth of goods to Zambia. Zambia imports various products from Tanzania, mainly machinery, building material and processed foods. On the other hand, Zambia exported $71.4 million worth of goods in 2013, mainly agriculture products such as corn and copper products.[1]

Infrastructure

Zambia is a landlocked country and most of its goods are exported and imported through the Port of Dar es Salaam. Mainly Vehicles and Refined oil is transported from Dar es Salaam to Zambia and Copper is transported from Zambia to the port.

Tazama pipeline

The Tazama pipeline was built in 1968 and is a 1,710 km pipeline spanning from

The TAZARA is a single-track railway and is 1,860 km long and was built between 1970 and 1975. The Project was entirely funded by the Chinese and was the largest foreign aid project by China at the time. The railway was built to reduce economic dependence of Zambia on

Tanzania maintains an embassy in Lusaka and Zambia maintains an embassy in Dar es Salaam.

State visits

• 24 February 2015 – Jakaya Kikwete makes a two-day state visit to Lusaka, where he held closed door talks with Edgar Lungu.^[4]
• 27 November 2016 -
  Dar-es-salaam, where he held bilateral talks with John Magufuli.^[5]
• 3 August 2022 - Hakainde Hichilema made a one-day state visit to Dar es Salaam, where he held bilateral talks with Samia Suluhu Hassan.^[6]
• 23 October 2023 - Samia Suluhu Hassan made a two-day state visit to Lusaka, where she held bilateral talks with Hakainde Hichilema.^[7]

See also

• Foreign relations of Tanzania
• Foreign relations of Zambia

References

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