Addis Ababa September 2/2022/ENA/ A duty-free shop aimed at promoting the export of Ethiopian Leather Products was inaugurated at the Bole International Airport yesterday. Industry Minister Melaku Alebel said the duty free shop that embraced eight model leather enterprises at the airport will promote the export of Ethiopian leather products and he stressed the need to expand this experience to other products and industries. ‘We have to make other industries take lesson from this to produce export quality products and sell here. Ethiopian Airlines has allocated about 200 meters square area at Bole International Airport terminal for the duty free shop while JICA has been providing financial and technical support for the realization of the duty free shop, it was indicated. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Export Promotion Chief Advisor, Noriyuki Nagai, said JICA has been supporting the development of the duty free shop to promote export of leather products as part of its export promotion project.

Source: Ethiopian News September 02, 2022 23:57 UTC