Tanzania Transport Sector Record 12.2% Growth in Q3 2016
Tanzania’s
transport sector grew at a rate of 12.2% in Q3 2016 reaching TZS865b at
constant prices, compared to TZS771b in Q3 2015 and a growth rate of 6.7%.
The
results were included in a report recently issued by the Tanzanian National
Bureau of Statistics (NBS), covering the country’s GDP performances for Q3
2016.
NBS attributes the growth to a rise in the number of passengers and cargo
transported by road and rail, as well as increased transportation of natural
gas via pipelines.
The report indicates that natural gas transported via
pipelines in Tanzania rose by 32.4%, from 8,353m standard cubic feet (MMSCF) in
Q3 2015 to 11,060 MMSCF in Q3 2016.
This follows the inauguration of the 532km
long Mtwara-Dar es Salaam natural gas pipeline in October 2015, which has a
capacity to transport up to 210m cubic feet per day (MMCFD). Furthermore, the
number of rail passengers in Tanzania increased by more than 400%, from 230,000
in Q3 2015 to 1.2m in Q3 2016.
Tanzania’s rail freight rose by 31%, from
75,000t in Q3 2015 to 98,000t in Q3 2016.
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