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Production volume of sand mining in Zanzibar 2016-2020
Over 460 thousand metric tons of sand were mined in Zanzibar as of 2020. The volume decreased from 639.6 thousand metric tons in 2019, keeping a downward trend since 2018. The Tanzanian archipelago has been dealing with a sand shortage, which led authorities to impose restrictions on sand mining on the archipelago.