Ethiopia earns 513.9 mln USD from gold exports in 11 months


ADDIS ABABA, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia has earned 513.9 million U.S. dollars from gold exports in the first 11 months of the current Ethiopian Fiscal Year 2021/2022, which started on July 8, an Ethiopian minister said on Tuesday.

"Our gold export revenues are now the second highest foreign currency earner for our country next to coffee exports," Takele Uma, Ethiopia Minister of Mines said in a Facebook post.

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