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Ethiopia aims for $200m leather exports

30/08/2011

Ethiopia plans to export $206 million worth of leather products in the current fiscal year; almost double the income the country received last year, when it made $104.1 million from leather.

The Leather Industry Development Institute (LIDI) has announced plans to make 54,000 pairs of shoes a day, up by 35,000 pairs than its current production.

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