Prices
Sourced, dated price observations for seaweed. We never invent or interpolate data points — see our methodology.
Tanzania
| Market | Type | Grade | Price | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zanzibar cottonii price, cooperative-marketed average | Farm gate | cottonii (Kappaphycus alvarezii) | TZS 1,475.00/kg | 1 Jun 2022 Historical | Good Neighbors Tanzania |
| Zanzibar seaweed farm-gate / collecting-agent price | Farm gate | — | TZS 750.00/kg | 1 Jun 2022 Historical | Good Neighbors Tanzania |
| Zanzibar seaweed export price (FOB, raw dried) | Indicative | raw/unprocessed | USD 389.00/tonne | 31 Dec 2017 Historical | REPOA |
| Zanzibar seaweed powder price (processed, local market) | Indicative | powder | TZS 10,000.00/kg | 1 Jan 2011 Historical | REPOA |
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Full Seaweed.tz profile
Overview Zanzibar is the centre of Tanzania's commercial seaweed industry -- almost entirely Eucheuma denticulatum ("spinosum"), farmed mainly by women's groups using off-bottom/peg-and-line methods on the intertidal flats of Unguja…
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C-Weed Corporation
Licensed Zanzibar seaweed exporter; historic buyer relationships with France (Degussa/Cargill) and the USA (FMC) since 2006,…
Zanzibar Seaweed Company (ZASCO)
Government institution (Ministry of Trade), formerly Zanzibar Seaweed Trade Cooperation (ZTSC, est. 2020); buys and processes…
MelaninGold Organic
Zanzibari value-added seaweed products (skincare, haircare, food supplements), 20+ SKUs. Founded 2020 by Kulthum Maabad; pivoted…
Zanque Aqua Farm
Licensed Zanzibar seaweed exporter; historic buyer relationship with the USA (FMC) since 2006.
Mwani Zanzibar Co. Ltd
Paje-based company training women to farm seaweed and process it into soaps, lotions and cosmetics.
S.M Rashid Investment Limited
Licensed Zanzibar seaweed exporter; historic buyer relationship with Vietnam since 2009.