TradePoint Tanzania (tptanzania) was established in March 2000 as part of UNCTAD Global Trade Point Network to link the Tanzania's business community with the world markets through exchange of business opportunities and the provision of trade-support services needed to facilitate trade transactions which would reduce time and costs involved in trade transactions, thus improve trade efficiency. The host for the tptanzania - Dar es Salaam is the Board of External Trade at its offices situated along Kilwa Road at Mwalimu J.K.Nyerere Trade Fair Grounds

One of the objectives of the tptanzania - Dar es Salaam is a trade support institution responsible for promoting and developing international trade. Another objective of the tptanzania - Dar es Salaam is to co-ordinate the delivery of trade support services to the business community and to encourage participation of new companies and entrepreneurs, particularly small and medium enterprises, in the international trade.

To achieve these objectives, tptanzania, among other services, is providing local businesses with information related to external markets; identify cheep sources of raw materials, and business matchmaking through provision of Electronic Trading Opportunities. Tptanzania is promoting local companies by helping them to build product group simple websites under tptanzania website i.e. http://www.tptanzania.com that is linked to the Global Trade Point Network and thus providing them with a high accessibility to the outside markets. Some of the product groups tptanzania contains are; Timber & Timber Products, Minerals, Instant Coffee and Blended Tea, Handcrafts, Honey and Beeswax, Oilseeds and Pulses, Coconut, Marine Products, Spices, Activated Carbon and Horticulture Products (Traditional & Non-Traditional Commodities).