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Monday, August 18, 2014

Flower seedling business in Ethiopia



Despite the enormous opportunities for floriculture production in Ethiopia commercial floriculture is a new industry, dating back to only 1992 with establishment of meskel flowers PLC the first to specialize in the production and export of cut-roses in Ethiopia.

However, since then the local floriculture industry has shown a substantial growth. During the period 1997- 2006 the export of cut flowers from Ethiopia have registered a momentous growth both in terms of volume and value, increasing from 39,773 kg to 8.54 million kg and from Birr 1.02 million to Birr 219.47 million  in terms of volume and value respectively.


ETHIOPIA’S EXPORT OF CUT FLOWERS

Year
Quantity ( Kg)
Value
1997
39,773
1,024,017
1998
98,232
1,706,060
1999
136,336
897,312
2000
189,141
3,132,174
2001
6,916
1,323,301
2002
9,521
166,577
2003
2,900
2,621,220
2004
12,468
3,818,239
2005
3,544,818
91,179,085
2006
8,547,018
219,474,294

Source: External Trade Statistics
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