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The Board of External Trade of Tanzania dedicated to establishing global business partnership through organising and managing international and specialised trade fairs, solo exhibitions, product and market research development missions, buyer-seller meetings and contact marketing programmes. BET comes out regular trade information dissemination and offers consultancy services to producers, exporters and importers to enable them to effectively participate in the global market place.

ROLE OF THE BOARD OF EXTERNAL TRADE (BET)

The Board of External Trade (BET) was established by the Act No. 5 of Parliament in 1978 with the following objectives:

1.1 To help industries find markets for their products throughout the world.  It provides assistance in increasing and developing Tanzania’s exports, by actively opening up new markets.

1.2 It also provides overseas businessmen wishing to trade with Tanzania with the information they need.  The information provided covers Tanzania’s economy, business and investment opportunities, in addition to Tanzania’s import and export trends.

The Board of External Trade also offers Export Marketing services through her Trade Information Service setup by:

• Helping to select the appropriate export market and working with the exporter on product development, promotion, and marketing plans;

• Introducing the exporter to foreign buyers and providing information on opportunities for products;

• Advising on packaging and freight;

• Planning the production of export publicity materials such as brochures, catalogues, samples and other exhibits;

• Advising on prices, costing and relevant export requirements;

• Assisting in after-sale and follow-up promotion.

1.3.In additional to the above, the Board of External Trade coordinates participation in Overseas Trade Fairs and Trade Missions as part of export promotion activities.

• BET assists in organising export market surveys and selling missions by arranging contacts and appointments abroad:

• The Board notifies exporters of any incoming trade missions to Tanzania, ensuring that relevant meeting s are properly arranged.

1.4.The Board of External Trade, in close co-operation with other export trade supporting Ministries, undertakes all aspects of Research and Development of external trade such as:-

• Analysis of National Export Performance for generating inputs to the Government for the formulation of national external trade policy and strategy:

• Monitoring the performance of Tanzanian products in export markets in order to help exporters set targets and formulate suitable strategies to achieve those targets;

• Formulating and administering incentives to exporters. These include Export Financing, and Presidential Export Awards as well as simplification of export procedures and documentation.

• Co-ordinating export facilitation services in the fields of documentation and transport;

• Advising on prices, standards, product adaptation, packaging distribution and competition.

 1.5.The Board as a national focal point for external trade, formulates, co-ordinates and conducts training programme in all areas of international trade in the form of seminars, workshops, trade missions abroad, holding specialised exhibitions, etc.  This covers export market research, export promotion, product adaptation, methodology, packaging technology, pricing policies etc.

Contact us:
Board of External Trade,
P. O. Box 5402 Dar es Salaam.
TANZANIA
Tel: +255 22 2850238
Fax: +255 22 2850239
E-mail: betis@intafrica.com
URL: www.bet.co.tz  

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