Ministry of Trade (MoT) disclosed it is planning to earn U.S. $ 2.51 Billion from the export of non-manufactured or agricultural products. This forecast is 16.6 percent higher than what the nation targeted for the past fiscal year.
Ethiopia has purchased fuel worth over two billion dollars during the nine months since July 8, 2019, the Ethiopian Petroleum Supply Enterprise announced. The amount was used to purchase over 2.9 million metric tons of benzene, kerosene, aviation fuel, and diesel during the period.
Ethiopia has procured pharmaceuticals and medical equipment worth more than 5 billion birr in the just ended financial year according to the Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Fund and Supply Agency.
The purchase includes more than 300 types of medical and pharmaceutical supplies including chemical, antibiotics and equipment said Yared Yigezu, Director of Procurement Forecast and Capacity Building with the agency.
Significant medical equipment including an MRI and digital mammography are amongst the purchases in the reporting period he explained.
Ethiopia stands fourth in hotel development, a survey by W Hospitality Group, a Lagos-based firm, makes known.
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
