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Ethiopian leather exports up by almost 65% before crust tariff kicked in

22/03/2012

Reports from Ethiopia say the country earned $71 million in 2011 from exporting hides, skins and leathergoods. The general secretary of the national leather industry association, Abdisa Adugna, announced the figure at a press conference in Addis Ababa on March 21. It represents an increase of $25 million, 64.7%, on the corresponding figure for...

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