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e-Waste Assessment TanzaniaCPCT / Empa5.2 Manufacturers and importersThere are currently no manufacturers of computers in the country. All computers and other IT equipment inTanzania are imported either as new or second hand products. Table 9 shows the amount of specific appliances,i.e. computers (desktops and laptops), TVs and printers imported into Tanzania for the period 2000 to2009 while Table 10 shows total imports of all computer items (“automatic data processing machines” – allitems under code 8471) for the same period. According to the TRA data (TRA 2010), the average weight of acomputer imported into Tanzania is 12.0 kg (see Table 9), which is a mixed value between imported desktops(incl. monitors) and laptops. The trend of total imported computer items into the country is shown inFigure 3. The curve indicates a consistency between the two data sources and indicates an almost linear increasein total weight of imported computers at an average growth rate of 135%.Table 9: Imports of desktops & laptops, TVs and printers into Tanzania for the period 2000 – 2009 (TRA 2010)YearEquipmentDesktops & Laptops (codes 8471-30, -41, -49, -50) TVs PrintersNet weight (kg) No. of items (kg/item) (kg) (kg)2000 309970 24190 12.8 405,907 No data2001 432495 33220 13.0 535,419 No data2002 562022 40663 13.8 879,335 No data2003 520063 47791 10.9 1,167,267 No data2004 619088 43745 14.2 1,410,694 No data2005 950171 130270 7.3 1,967,179 No data2006 1148037 88311* 13.0 2,856,712 882007 1543527 103039 15.0 2,341,281 49,4552008 1630640 152930 10.7 1,059,836 126,3232009 1660667 117701 14.1 995,622 102,595Average 12.5* quantities for 2006 were not available, hence they were calculated assuming an average weight of 13 kg.Table 10: Imports of Computers items (“automatic data processing machines” – code 8471) into Tanzania: 1998- 2009Year TRA 2010 UN Comtrade 2010Net Wt (kg) No. of items Net Wt (kg)2000 798,964 51,722** 804,1032001 983,364 112,995 982,9422002 1,289,232 459,411 1,289,2322003 1,382,202 163,656 1,410,2582004 1,407,198 173,021 1,427,6542005 2,392,925 821,334 2,408,8622006 2,726,116 219,845* 2,903,6782007 3,360,105 448,012 3,331,1832008 2,483,053 268,588 2,710,5032009 2,425,870 355,187** 2,592,395** Excludes Code 8471800: Huge quantities for Code 84718000 for years 2000 (2,261,785 units) and 2009(1,037,823,600 units) could not be verified and justified, hence were excluded.* Quantities for 2006 were not available, hence they were calculated assuming an average weight of 13 kgAccording to Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), all computers entering the country, whether new or secondhand are recorded in accordance with the Universal Harmonised System for Commodities (code 8471for “automatic data processing machines (computers)”). Thus, data from both TRA and the UNCOMTRADEdata bases do not distinguish between new and second hand products. It was therefore difficult to know theratio of second hand computers and other IT equipment which were imported into the country between 199822/75