The exporter is Ward Holdings Tanzania Limited , a subsidiary of Ward Holdings International, a Michigan-based global market development and investment company.
Mr Mavunde hailed the efforts of the company, saying the efforts were supportive of the government plan that seeks to have 60 percent of Tanzania's cashew nuts locally processed by 2025. US Embassy Representative, Mr Robert Raines, said the shipment represents the growing business relationship between Tanzania and US.WHT President, Mr Godfrey Simbeye, described the occasion as a"historic moment of cashew nuts grown, harvested and consumer-packaged in Tanzania being exported directly for the first time from farmers in Tanzania to the US marketplace. It is a win-win formula for Tanzanian farmers and American consumers.