Uwekezaji toka Nje wakua kwa zaidi ya mara mbili. China yaongoza

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Uwekezaji wa Moja kwa Moja wa Nchi za Nje (FDI) nchini Tanzania umeongezeka karibu mara mbili kwa mwaka mmoja hadi kufikia dola bilioni 1.05 kati ya Julai na Septemba ikilinganishwa na dola milioni 524.4 katika kipindi kama hicho mwaka jana.

China ilikuwa chanzo kikubwa cha FDI, ikiwekeza dola milioni 614 katika mtaji mpya wa uwekezaji wakati wa kipindi hicho cha ukaguzi, na Singapore (dola milioni 138.9), Ujerumani (dola milioni 118.6), India (dola milioni 42.3), na Mauritius (dola milioni 24.8) pia wakiorodheshwa kama wachangiaji wakubwa.

Takwimu za robo ya kwanza za mwaka 2023 zilizotolewa na Kituo cha Uwekezaji cha Tanzania (TIC) kilichosimamiwa na serikali katika jarida lake la robo ya mwisho wiki iliyopita, zilikuwa msaada kwa malengo ya Tanzania ya kuongeza uingizaji wa FDI hadi dola bilioni 15 ifikapo 2025 na dola bilioni 30 ifikapo 2030, ambayo itakuwa maboresho makubwa kutoka dola bilioni 2 mwaka 2021.

Ripoti ya TIC ilielezea ongezeko la FDI tangu Julai kama "ishara ya kuongezeka kwa imani katika matarajio ya kiuchumi ya Tanzania na uwezekano wa uwekezaji."

Lakini kulingana na ripoti hiyo, kushamiri kwa FDI kulichangiwa na kupungua kwa kasi kwa uwekezaji wa ndani uliosababisha kupungua kwa jumla kwa mtaji wa uwekezaji mpya kutoka dola bilioni 2.41 hadi dola bilioni 2.06 katika kipindi hicho cha ukaguzi.

FDI ilichangia asilimia 51 ya uwekezaji mpya ikilinganishwa na asilimia 49 kwa uwekezaji wa ndani ambao ulisajili kupungua kwa mapato ya robo ya kwanza kutoka dola bilioni 1.91 mwaka 2022 hadi dola bilioni 1.01 mwaka huu.

Karibu nusu (dola milioni 480.38) ya FDI mpya ziliingia kwenye sekta ya nyumba na dola milioni 245.58 zilielekezwa kwenye miradi ya uzalishaji. Kwa upande mwingine, wawekezaji wa ndani walionyesha zaidi ya kawaida katika miradi inayohusiana na kilimo (dola milioni 420.25), miundombinu ya kiuchumi (dola milioni 212.52), na usafirishaji (dola milioni 178.32).

Ripoti ya TIC imeonesha jumla ya uwekezaji katika sekta ya utengenezaji nchini Tanzania ilishuka kwa kasi kutoka dola bilioni 2.15 katika robo ya kwanza ya mwaka 2022 hadi dola milioni 356 katika robo ya kwanza ya mwaka 2023 wakati sekta ya utalii ilirekodi uwekezaji mpya wenye thamani ya dola milioni 40.64 ikilinganishwa na dola milioni 36.34 mwaka 2022.

Kati ya miradi 137 ya uwekezaji wa ndani na wa nje mpya iliyoidhinishwa na TIC wakati wa robo ya kwanza ya mwaka 2023, 49 ilikuwa chini ya umiliki kamili wa kigeni, 43 ilikuwa ushirikiano kati ya wawekezaji wa ndani na wa kigeni, na 45 ilikuwa chini ya umiliki kamili wa wawekezaji wa ndani ikilinganishwa na 38, 14, na 30 mtawalia mwaka jana.

Zaidi ya nusu ya miradi mipya ilikuwa imejikita katika mji mkuu wa bandari wa Dar es Salaam na eneo la pwani jirani na thamani ya pamoja ya dola milioni 985.62.

Kwa upande mwingine, mji mkuu wa utawala wa Dodoma katikati mwa Tanzania ulivuta tu dola milioni 62.21 za uwekezaji katika miradi mipya.

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) figures in Tanzania went up almost twofold year-on-year to $1.05 billion between July and September against $524.4 million in the same period last year.

China was the leading source of FDIs, pumping in $614 million in new investment capital during the period under review, with Singapore ($138.9 million), Germany ($118.6 million), India ($42.3 million) and Mauritius ($24.8 million) also named as major sources.

The Q1 2023 figures disclosed by the state-run Tanzania Investment Centre in its quarterly bulletin published last week, were a boon to Tanzania's ambitions to increase FDI inflows to $15 billion by 2025 and $30 billion by 2030, which would be a significant improvement from $2 billion in 2021.

The TIC report described the surge in FDIs since July as "indicative of increased confidence in Tanzania's economic prospects and potential for investment."

But according to the report, the FDIs boost was offset by a parallel sharp dip in local-sourced investments that caused an overall 14 percent drop in new investment capital from $2.41 billion to $2.06 billion during the period under review.

FDIs accounted for 51 percent of the new investments against 49 percent for domestic investments which registered a first-quarter turnover decline from $1.91 billion in 2022 to $1.01 billion this year.

Almost half ($480.38 million) of the new FDIs went into real estate sector and another $245.58 million was directed to manufacturing projects. By contrast, domestic investors showed more interest in ventures related to agriculture ($420.25 million), economic infrastructure ($212.52 million) and transportation ($178.32 million).

According to the TIC report, total investments in Tanzania's manufacturing sector dropped sharply from $2.15 billion in Q1 2022 to $356 million in Q1 2023 while the tourism sector recorded new investments worth $40.64 million compared to $36.34 million in 2022.

Of the 137 new foreign and domestic investment projects approved by TIC during Q1 2023, 49 were fully under foreign ownership, 43 were joint ventures between local and foreign investors, and 45 fully owned by local investors up from 38, 14 and 30 respectively last year.)

More than half of the new projects were concentrated in the commercial seaport capital Dar es Salaam and neighbouring coastal region with a combined value of $985.62 million.

On the other hand, the administrative capital Dodoma in central Tanzania drew just $62.21 million worth of investment in new projects.

Source: The East African
 
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