The Ethiopian Fruit and Vegetable Marketing Enterprise S.C said it has started exporting mango to Djibouti. Senior Quality Supervisor with the Company Abumsa Ayele, said the Enterprise exports various species of mango grown in Assosa, Benshangul-Gumuz Regional State.

Accordingly, the Enterprise is exporting 380 quintals of mangoes a week to Djibouti. The Enterprise is also supplying the product to the local market. State Agriculture and Rural Development Bureau Expert Asres Mammo on his part said close to 300,000 quintals mango will be collected in the state this Ethiopian year.
Over 175 million birr is expected to be earned from the export, he added.

Source: Walta