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Three coffee producers and exporters won the 2013/ 2014 Taste of Harvest (ToH) coffee competition, Fortune reported.

Heineken, the Dutch brewery company, has received the delivery of huge fermentation tanks for the brewing plant it has been constructing in the Kilinto area, Akaki Kaliti District, Fortune reported.

The Addis Ababa City Roads Authority (AACRA) has built 255 km of road during the first half of the 2013/14 fiscal year, achieving 54.4% of the total asphalt, gravel and cobblestone roads planned for the fiscal year, Fortune reported.

The Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) said it has collected over 53.3 billion birr in revenue in the first half of the current Ethiopian budget year.

The African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA), in partnership with Ethiopia Commodity Exchange and USAID AGP-AMDe, is pleased to announce that the 2013/ 2014 Taste of Harvest (ToH) Coffee Competition will be held at the ECX Lab in Addis from 4th to 5th February, 2014.

Aquaculture trade and investment forum was held at Siyonat Hotel, Addis Ababa the past week, Capital reported.

The five days event opned on January 28, was organized by Agri Business Support Facility (ABSF), a part of the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Associations nad with support from the Netherlands’ Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Ethiopia has earned US$ 172 .6 million in revenue from the export of minerals in the first half of this budget year, according to the Ministry of Mines (MoM).

Six major aircraft manufacturers are bidding to supply narrow body passenger aircraft to the Ethiopian Airlines, according to The Reporter.

A Belgian trade mission of 12 companies visited Ethiopia on January 12, 2014, Capital reported.

Hiroki Co. Ltd, a Japanese-based leather producing factory, is set to commence production at its plant located in Ethiopia in mid-March, Fortune reported.