Tanzania has the second largest economy in East Africa, and Dar es Salaam provides a strategic gateway for the transportation of goods and commerce to the surrounding six land-locked countries of Zambia, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
Uchumi wa Tanzania ni wa pili katika Afrika Mashariki, na Dar es Salaam ndio njia ya kimkakati ya usafirishaji wa bidhaa na biashara katika nchi sita jirani zisizokuwa na bahari za Zambia, Malawi, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Uganda, Rwanda na Burundi.