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There are significant trade opportunities between Ethiopia and Ghana said Gifty Abassiya, Ethiopian Ambassador to Ghana.  The business prospects can be translated into mutual benefits for both countries said the Ethiopian Ambassador to the Ghanaian Daily Graphic.

Ethiopian exports such as leather products, flowers, fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products can easily be exported to Ghana through Ethiopian Airways Cargo along well established lines said Gifty.

Ethiopia's Ministry of Mining and Petroleum announced it will be entering joint venture agreements with various local and international companies to avail state-of-the-art mining laboratories and melting machinery.

Ethiopia's Ministry of Industry said agro-processing industrial parks will be established in four regions with USD 2.5 billion capital investment.

Ethiopia is to establish a chemical corporation to handle state owned chemical related industries in the future. The new corporation will be under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and will be a part of the complex fertilizer project.

The fertilizer complex will be under the control of the chemical corporation expected to be set up by the end of the current fiscal year according to Tadesse Haile, State Minister of Industry.

Appropriate studies have been conducted for the establishment of the new corporation and it is expected that its formation will be ratified by the government soon said Tadesse.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said a Council which avails assistance for Diaspora community is going to be established.