A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the
Award of Degree of Masters of Business Administration in Corporate
Management (MBA-CM) of Mzumbe University.
The general objective of this study was assessing the factors affecting the export
volume in Tanzania. The study examined the contributions of insurance and
financial services on export volume in Tanzania, contributions of official exchange
rate on export volume in Tanzania and contributions of logistic performance index
on export volume in Tanzania.
The study adopted descriptive cross sectional design and targeted population was 195
countries in the world. Tanzania was selected as a sample of analysing the study
problem. The primary data and secondary data were collected and analysed using
descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and regression analysis.
The study found that the positive significant contribution of insurance and financial
services on volume of exports of goods and services. The study revealed that there is
positive significant contribution of official exchange rate on volume of exports of
goods and services. The study observed that the positive significant contribution of
logistic performance index on volume of exports of goods and services.
The study concluded that efforts to promote access to insurance and financial
services for exporters in Tanzania has to be highly motivated in order to promote
more exports of goods and services. The study recommends that since logistic
performance index, official exchange rate and insurance and financial services are
significant predictors of volume of exports of goods and services in Tanzania, it is
important for stakeholders on international trade find a better way to improve logistic
performance index, official exchange rate and insurance and financial services in
order to promote more exports of goods and services.