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Ethiopia sees increase of textile products' export to US

1/31/2006

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (Xinhua): Ethiopia has secured 1.72 million US dollars from the export of textile products to the United States through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the country's Customs Authority said.
Tekle Gebre-hiywot, senior export of rule of origin with the authority, told reporters yesterday that the amount of export revenue being obtained from the export of textile products to the United States has been increasing since 2000.
He said the country had shipped 413,330 kg of textile products to the United States in 2005 alone.