Ethiopia exported 11 million flowers for Valentine’s Day
Ethiopia earned an amount of 18 million US dollars in connection with the same day last year on exports made to Europe, North America, Middle East and Far East countries.
According to a report by Anadolu Agency in December 2015, Ethiopia is said to be the second-largest flower exporter in Africa after Kenya, with over 100 flower growers on 1,700 hectares. Ethiopia garnered USD 250 million from horticulture export in 2014. Flower growers in Ethiopia are entitled to the following privileges; a five-year tax holiday, duty free imports, access to bank loans and farm lands as well as a 100 percent exemption from payment of export customs duties.
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