There is no cooking oil processing plant in Southern zone of Tanzania. The crops for producing cooking oil such as groundnuts simsim and sunflower are consumed locally.
Target market
Supermarkets, selling to local customers and exporting the processed vegetable cooking oil.
Future market
Demand for good quality vegetable cooking oil is increasing due to the growth in population and economy.
Processing chain
The groundnuts simsim and sunflower could be harvested from farms, storage and processing at the plant, packaging, labeling, transportation and marketing.
Market imperfection/distortion
There is high demand of vegetable coking oil. Thus imports from other countries become necessary.
Quality demands
The product sold should come from quality crops
Type of Investor recommended
A strategic investor with capital and market contacts
