Major imports of Tanzania
| NO | Product names | Import value in 2021 (thousand dollars) |
| 1 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral . . . | 2,268,034 |
| 2 | Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers; parts thereof | 1,189,719 |
| 3 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3953,029 |
| 4 | Iron and steel | 706,876 |
| 5 | Plastics and articles thereof | 670,367 |
| 6 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television . . . | 668,135 |
| 7 | Pharmaceutical products | 458,771 |
| 8 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 8296,141 |
| 9 | Articles of iron or steel | 9291,165 |
| 10 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal . . . | 244,967 |
| 11 | Cereals | 243,366 |
| 12 | Rubber and articles thereof | 220,991 |
| 13 | Fertilisers | 205,817 |
| 14 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 165,046 |
| 15 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical . . . | 150,331 |
| 16 | Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 148,334 |
| 17 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, . . . | 139,901 |
| 18 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 137,390 |
| 19 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 122,939 |
| 20 | Organic chemicals | 108,806 |
