Business News of Friday, 9 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com•Cashew nuts, palm oil and tuna dominated as top three non-traditional exports commodities for Q1 2021•Data from the Bank of Ghana showed all three commodities raked in some US$217.4 million•Cashew nuts earned Ghana US$128.7 million for the periodLatest figures released by the Bank of Ghana showed that cashew nuts, palm oil and tuna are now the top three Non-Traditional Export commodities in the first quarter of 2021. The central bank said all three commodities raked in some US$217.4 million for Ghana during the period. Over the first quarter of 2021, data by the bank revealed the value of the top 10 non-traditional export commodities for the country amounted to US$342 million as compared with US$292.36 million recorded during the same period in 2020. Leading the pack was cashew nut raking in US$128.7 million while palm oil earned the country US$48.07 million. Cumulatively, the Bank of Ghana’s figures showed the worth of merchandise exports recorded in the first quarter of 2021 was pegged a little above US3.9 billion.

Source: GhanaWeb July 09, 2021 09:33 UTC