The strongest gains were recorded in products linked to construction, food processing and consumer goods
By
Josephine Christopher
Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers
Mwananchi Communications Limitted
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s factories are increasingly producing for customers beyond its borders, signalling a major shift in the country’s industrialisation drive as exports, rather than domestic demand, emerge as the biggest engine of manufacturing growth.
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