KROTAJ, a joint venture company formed between an Israeli company named Genuine and Ethiopian Sesame Export, has opened a new sesame processing factory in Ethiopia. The company aims to export processed sesame known as Tahina and generates $10 million annually by processing 3,700 metric tones of sesame. Ethiopia has high quality sesame seed varieties suitable for wide range applications, according to the oil seeds producers association of Ethiopia. Including sesame oil seeds have been among the major export items of Ethiopia. For instance in the first five months of the current Ethiopian fiscal year began July 8, 2018, Ethiopia earned $143.9 million from oil seeds export.

Source: News Business Ethiopia February 13, 2019 10:07 UTC