Tanzania Mercantile Exchange (TMX): physical commodity exchange in Dar es Salaam
Tanzania Mercantile Exchange organises trading in physical commodities and is relevant to the country's export crops.
AGR-042 · Physical commodity exchange · Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · TZS
Export crop auctions linked to warehouse receipts
Tanzania Mercantile Exchange organises trading in physical commodities and is relevant to the country's export crops. Its Dar es Salaam contact location should not be mistaken for the storage point of every lot. Sesame auctions are linked to a warehouse receipt system: a buyer evaluates a particular consignment at a specified warehouse. TMX's historical data catalogue also covers cashews, coffee, cocoa, pulses, tea and soybeans. The practical attraction is the connection between organised price discovery and identifiable stock, rather than a promise that every crop is available continuously.
The historical portal reports high and low prices, weight and value by commodity. The top of a published price range is not the return that every farmer will receive. This directory retains the source's 2024 label because the page does not clearly define it as a calendar year or marketing season. Certified, cleaned and other coffee categories may appear separately, so check their coverage before adding figures together. A missing year or category should not be converted into a zero observation. Published totals are background evidence about trading activity, not a substitute for the current auction catalogue.
A sesame buyer should start with the applicable seasonal procedure and sale catalogue. TMX's 2024/25 document describes a buyer declaration, online bidding and a deposit schedule varying with purchase size and participant location. Those are rules for a specified season; old amounts should not be treated as a current quotation. Confirm the current form, payment instructions, settlement deadline and release arrangements before funding an account. The buyer's own costing should include seed purity, moisture, bags, weighing, collection from the warehouse and freight to the port. Check whether the quoted amount includes each charge.
A seller should establish who prepares and grades the consignment, obtains the warehouse document and enters it in the auction catalogue. Cashew comparisons need a consistent processing stage, while coffee comparisons require both species and commercial form. Exporters should agree testing and origin documentation with their customer before purchasing stock that may prove unsuitable for the destination. Retain the sale number, lot identifier, warehouse, net weight and all deductions in the transaction file. The amount remaining after costs explains the producer's return; the exchange's published commodity value measures broader market activity. For a repeat programme, record the time from deposit to sale and from sale to payment, since storage days and working capital can change the outcome even when the headline price is attractive.
What is priced: Grains, oilseeds and pulses, Fruit, Coffee, cocoa, tea, sugar, cotton, rubber and spices
Where to find the prices
Products and quotations
Sesame; Green gram; Chickpeas; Raw cashew nuts; Robusta coffee; Arabica coffee; Cocoa; Pigeon peas; Tea; Soybeans
Key figures
- Sesame volume: 145,886,612 kg (2024). 2024 row in Overall Data; calendar versus season basis unspecified.
- Sesame trading value: 535,678,706,743 TZS (2024). Commodity value, not exchange revenue.
Sources
- TMX — historical data
- TMX — sesame procedure 2024/25
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