Tanzania Briefing: Natural Resources - Clearing And Forwarding

In this updater, we review the legal regime in place for importation and exportation of mineral concentrates in light of the formation of the new body, Tanzania Shipping Agencies Corporation (TASAC) that was established by the Tanzania Shipping Agencies Act 2017 (the TSA Act). We also briefly consider other regulations i.e. the Mining (Minerals and Mineral Concentrates Trading) (Revocation of the First Schedule) Regulations, the Mining (Mineral Beneficiation) (Revocation of the First Schedule) Regulations and the Mining (Mineral Rights) (Revocation of the First Schedule) Regulations.

The TSA Act came into force on 23 February 2018 and the most significant change that affects the mining industry is contained in section 7. The TSA Act gives TASAC an exclusive mandate in relation to clearing and forwarding functions relating to import and export of the following: