Tanzania, March 19 -- Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) is set to introduce a new procedure governing the importation of edible oil from Zanzibar to Mainland Tanzania, in a bid to streamline legitimate trade while curbing smuggling.

The measures were announced on Tuesday by Commissioner General Yusuph Juma Mwenda during an Iftar event organised by TRA Zanzibar, attended by Zanzibar's Second Vice President, Hemed Suleiman Abdulla.

The move follows recent enforcement operations that exposed the scale of illicit trade in cooking oil. In December 2025, authorities intercepted a consignment of smuggled edible oil, preventing an estimated loss of more than Sh400 million in government revenue.

The seizure involved 23,755 con...