Drawing TZ-01 · Updated 24 October 2026
How goods and payments move through Tanzania
The customs, port, payment, receipt and crop-marketing systems traders use in Tanzania: who runs each one, the legal basis, the steps and the official record.
Customs and clearing
- Cargo release at Dar es Salaam port
How imported cargo leaves Dar es Salaam port: Release Order, Delivery Order, TePP invoice, Gate-in-Ticket, storage charges and operators.
- Customs agent licence for clearing and forwarding in Tanzania
TRA requirements, fees and bond for a customs clearing agent licence in Tanzania, with renewal rules, the interview and the licence period.
- Electronic cargo tracking for transit goods in Tanzania
The TRA Electronic Cargo Tracking System for transit cargo, the regional RECTS of Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, and transporter licences.
- How customs clearance works in Tanzania
The steps to clear imported goods in Tanzania, from appointing a licensed agent and lodging in TANCIS to paying port charges and collecting cargo.
- TANCIS: the Tanzania Customs Integrated System
What TANCIS does, who runs it, when it started, what it replaced, which systems it links to and what the CAG found about its integration.
- Tanzania Electronic Single Window System (TeSWS)
The status of TeSWS by phase, the WTO deadline, agencies and agents onboarded, the donor, and how it relates to TANCIS and the Zanzibar single window.
- The EAC Customs Management Act, 2004 and Tanzania
The East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004 as used by TRA: key sections, editions, and the 2019 and 2025 amendments.
Payments and receipts
- EFD and VFD receipts in Tanzania
How TRA electronic fiscal devices (EFD) and virtual fiscal devices (VFD) work, who must use them, supplier rules, penalties and CAG audit findings.
- GePG control numbers and government payments in Tanzania
How the Government e-Payment Gateway works, how to pay a bill with a control number by bank or mobile money, the legal basis and audit findings.
- How to verify a TRA receipt
Steps to check an EFD or VFD receipt on the TRA verification portal, what a valid receipt holds, how tax stamp checks differ, and what to do if refused.
Crops and cooperatives
- AMCOS cooperative payments in Tanzania
How AMCOS cooperatives collect crops and pay members in Tanzania, with Cooperative Societies Act 2013 rules, payment channels and audit duties.
- Cashew auctions and payments to farmers in Tanzania
How raw cashew moves from farmer to buyer in Tanzania: AMCOS collection, warehouse receipts, TMX auctions, Cashew Board rules, payments and season figures.
- Tanzania Mercantile Exchange (TMX)
How TMX runs online commodity auctions in Tanzania: regulator, commodities, the warehouse receipt link, bonds, settlement banks and trade figures.
- Warehouse receipt system in Tanzania
How Tanzania's warehouse receipt system works: the WRRB, the 2005 Act, licensing, receipts, official fees from the 2016 Regulations and payment rules.
Agencies
- CAG findings on Tanzania's trade and revenue systems
Controller and Auditor General findings on EFDs, revenue collection, ICT systems and cooperative audits in Tanzania, with dates and official responses.
- Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA)
What the Tanzania Ports Authority does: legal basis, ports run, e-port systems, import and export steps, port charge payment and the DP World concession.
- Tanzania Revenue Authority customs
The customs role of the Tanzania Revenue Authority: TANCIS and TeSWS, import and export steps, licences and fees, and one stop border posts.