Nation collects 2.58 bln USD from foreign market

ADDIS ABABA- Within the ending fiscal year the country has collected 2.58 billion dollar from agriculture, manufacturing and mining, said Ministry of Trade. Ministry Communication Director, Wendimu Filate told to The Ethiopian Herald that, from the agriculture sector alone about 1.97 billion dollar was collected within eleven months. Compared to the last fiscal budget year's amount there is an increment by 7.8 million dollar. Regarding the manufacturing sector, 415.93 million dollar was collected. In comparison with the previous budget year's amount it is greater by 53.28 million dollar. As to the Director, though the agricultural and manufacturing sectors had displayed successfully resulted positive results, the mining sector was not that much effective. Read more...