The survey findings indicate that the industry sector of Tanzania grew by 9.9 percent, at 2001 constant price, in 2008 compared to the growth of 8.7 percent recorded in 2007. It contributed 8.5 percent to GDP as it was in 2007.

Tanzania’s manufacturing sector has now shown the signs of overcoming the difficult years of 1980’s and 90’s and has been accelerating the growth during the last five years. This implies that the sector has even a greater potential via linkages with the rest of the economy, including agriculture and the country’s natural resource base.

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