TBS urges producers to use free standards verification services

07Jun 2023
Correspondent
TANGA
Business
The Guardian
TBS urges producers to use free standards verification services

TANZANIA Bureau of Standards(TBS) has called on entrepreneurs and other goods producers in Tanga region to embrace government's grant that offers free standards verification services,aims to empowering them to effectively compete and expanding their markets scope into East Africa territories -

Engineer Joseph Mwaipaja

and Africa at large.

TBS Northern Zone manager, Engineer Joseph Mwaipaja said made a callhere while briefing to journalists who visited the bureau’s pavilion at ongoing 10th TCCIA-Tanga Trade and Tourism Exhibition which is taking place at Mwahako grounds in Tanga city.

He said that,product classification is vital into devising a marketing strategy that helps to create effective customer - centric marketing strategies.

He explained that Tanga had recently became international trades gateway region after the government implement numerous strategic mega projects like improvement of Tanga Port and East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline(EACOP), by pointing out that the projects will be a game changer by bringing  other entails opportunities by increasing high demands of goods henceforth those entrepreneurs issued with certificate standards will pave the way to them to have vast chances to compete and sell more in East African markets.

He further explained that according to available data,until end of July this year, about 30 producers and business people of Tanga region will be offered certificates of standards verification by TBS.

"These are great developments and give hopes and we TBS pledge to continue implementing programs of educating entrepreneurs on the importance of possess TBS verification certificates that will boost them to conduct their business competitively," he said.

Explaining, he said the presence of 10th TCCIA-Tanga Trade and Tourism Exhibition is potential platform that brought together both entrepreneurs and enterprises to exhibit their products as well as for TBS getting opportunities to easily reaches entrepreneurs,business people and producers and educating them all matters concerned standards of their produced goods.

Earlier, Investment, Industries and Trade acting permanent secretary Conrad Millinga who official launched the exhibition on behalf of minister for Investment,Industries and Trade asked the business stakeholders to effectively use African Continental Free Trade Area(AfCFTA) Agreement that will progressively eliminate tariffs on intra- Africa trade,making it easier for African businesses to trade within the continent and benefit from growing African market by noting as for entrepreneurs to benefit with AfCFTA are supposed to use that grant to improve their products because quality is key to achieving a competitive edge as it promotes greater customer satisfaction .

On 13 December 2018 through AfCFTA East Africa partner states which are Burundi, Kenya,Uganda,Rwanda and Tanzania agreed to make trade between them and with other countries cheaper,faster and more straightforward  in a significant boost for economic integration in East Africa and continental trade facilitation.

The AfCFTA was founded in 2018, and on 9th September 2021, the Parliament of Tanzania ratified the Agreement.

 

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