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The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has reported a decrease in the amount of gold it has received during the current fiscal year. The bank received 2,684 kilograms of gold during the past nine months of the fiscal year out of the planned 10,000 kilograms of gold representing a 62.5 percent decrease compared to the same period last year. The data of the Ministry of Mines shows that the country has produced 2.68 tons of gold in the current fiscal year.

Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (ECCSA) held elections upon which new people were elected to join the leadership. It was Melaku Ezezew (Eng.), president of Amhara Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations, that managed to secure 87 vote, enabling him to lead ECCSA for the coming 2 years.

The final draft to amend Ethiopia’s national Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Association’s charter is finalized.

Ministry of Water and Energy announced that the electricity user rate has climbed to 52 percent. According to the Ministry, the National Electrification Programme has yielded demonstrably positive results since its inception.

The Ministry of Revenues (MoR) and National ID Program reached a deal to link tax identification numbers with national IDs. During the signing ceremony, Aynalem Nigussie, Minister of Ministry of Revenue, stated that the agreement would enable her office to save the foreign exchange that it used to purchase systems for the issuance of tax identification numbers. According to the Minister, the agreement would also help in facilitating the tax identification issuance process at the Ministry.