Africa's Freedom Railway: How a Chinese Development Project Changed Lives and Livelihoods in Tanzania

Appendix 2. Parcel Shipments to and from Selected Rail Stations, 1998–2000

Appendix 2 Parcel Shipments to and from Selected Rail Stations, 1998–2000 Appendix Table 2.1. Parcel Shipments from Mang’ula to Other Stations DSMa Ifakara Mngeta Chita Mlimba Makambako Maize   13   3   0   0   0   0 Rice  821   1   3   2   1 19 Paddy 118 12   0   0   6   5 Millet    0   0   1   0   0   0 Banana   20   0   0   0   0   2 Dried Fish    2   1   6   3   2   0 Tomatoes    0   0   0   0   0   0 Onions    0   0   0   0   0   0 Cabbages    0   0   0   0   0   0 Beans    0   0   0   0   1   0 Empty Crates    5   0 22   1   3 21 Consumer Goods    6   2 51 58 13   2 Bicycles    6   0 15   4 13   9 Notes: These tables represents the top thirteen items out of a total of forty-four different items shipped from the five primary stations included in the study. Because of its prominence as a destination , Dar es Salaam is also listed here. Each number represents one shipment of parcels of diverse weights and quantities; the total number of shipments in the database is 33,829. a) Dar es Salaam 158   Appendix 2 Appendix Table 2.2. Parcel Shipments from Ifakara to Other Stations Goods Shipped as Parcels DSM Mang’ula Mngeta Chita Mlimba Makambako Maize   95 4   5   3 20   7 Rice 1348 0   7   2 15 83 Paddy  141 0   5   3   6 28 Millet    1 0   0   0   0   0 Banana 175 0   0   0   0   0 Dried Fish 201 6   0   3 14 45 Tomatoes    1 0   0   0   3   1 Onions    0 0   0   1   1   0 Cabbages    0 0   0   0   1   0 Beans    3 0   0   0   6   0 Empty Crates    7 1   7   8 20 214 Consumer Goods   24 0   6 14 50 38 Bicycles   26 1 24 35 94 24 Appendix Table 2.3. Parcel Shipments from Mngeta to Other Stations Goods Shipped as Parcels DSM Mang’ula Ifakara Chita Mlimba Makambako Maize   42 39 36 0 19    6 Rice 291   1   0 0   0   16 Paddy   51   4   3 0   5 312 Millet    0   0   0 0   0    0 Banana 288   3   7 0 52    4 Dried Fish 109   7   1 0 10    4 Tomatoes    1   0   7 0   0    0 Onions    0   0   0 0   0    0 Cabbages    0   0   0 0   0    0 Beans    7   0   0 0   0    0 Empty Crates    1   1   1 0   0    0 Consumer Goods    0   0   0 0   0    0 Bicycles    4   1   1 0   6    5 Appendix 2   159 Appendix Table 2.4. Parcel Shipments from Chita to Other Stations Goods Shipped as Parcels DSM Mang’ula Ifakara Mngeta Mlimba Makambako Maize   16 0 24 0 0    1 Rice 675 1   2 0 3 161 Paddy   37 0 32 0 2 180 Millet    0 0   0 0 0    0 Banana   32 0   4 0 1    2 Dried Fish   24 2   0 0 5    0 Tomatoes    0 0   0 0 1    0 Onions    0 0   0 0 0    0 Cabbages    0 0   0 0 0    0 Beans    2 0   0 0 0    0 Empty Crates    0 0   0 0 0    3 Consumer Goods    2 0   2 0 3    1 Bicycles    2 0   2 0 3    8 Appendix Table 2.5. Parcel Shipments from Mlimba to Other Stations Goods Shipped as Parcels DSM Mang’ula Ifakara Mngeta Chita Makambako Maize 16 2 1 0 1 15 Rice 99 0 1 0 0 44 Paddy   2 0 0 0 0   8 Millet   0 0 0 0 0   0 Banana   2 0 0 0 0   0 Dried Fish   7 0 0 0 0 16 Tomatoes   0 0 1 0 0   0 Onions   0 0 0 0 0   0 Cabbages   0 0 0 0 0   0 Beans   1 0 0 0 0   0 Empty Crates 14 0 3 1 1 10 Consumer Goods   0 0 1 0 0   2 Bicycles   0 0 1 0 0   3 160   Appendix 2 Appendix Table 2.6. Parcel Shipments from Makambako to Other Stations Goods Shipped as Parcels DSM Mang’ula Ifakara Mngeta Chita Mlimba Maize 43  61 206 135 180 887 Rice   6   0    0    0    0    2 Paddy   0   0    0    0    0    1 Millet 20 15   47 149 196 279 Banana   1   0    2    0    0    1 Dried Fish   2   0    0    4    4   23 Tomatoes 516 51 460   77 276 608 Onions...