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Ethiopia accuses neighbours of illicit livestock trade

23/03/2009

Ethiopia plans to more than double earnings from livestock exports to in 2009 by curbing illegal trade and opening new marketing centres, a government official said on March 21.The African country sold 297,662 heads of livestock for $40 million in 2008 but hopes to raise this by exporting 429,244 livestock for $85 million this year, according to...

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