Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) traded commodities worth 2.2 billion Birr during the month of October. The traded commodities were all in all 37,222 tons.

Out of the entire commodities traded by the Exchange, coffee took the lead by 27,212 tons. Other than this 990 tons of pea bean, 8,990 tons of sesame and 30 tons of green mung bean were traded during the period.

Accordingly coffee contributed 73.11 percent of the total volume traded and 87.29 percent of the earnings.

Source: Fana Broadcasting Corporation