埃塞俄比亚纺织品出口增长

 

Ethiopian textile exports are growing: TIDI

The earnings from exports of textiles and apparel by Ethiopia have been growing during the implementation of the Government’s Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP), the Textiles Industry Development Institute (TIDI) of Ethiopia has said.

Presenting a report on performance of the Ethiopian textile and clothing industry in the Ethiopian fiscal year 2006 that ended in August 2014, TIDI director general Sileshi Lemma said, the earnings from exports are growing but at a slow pace.

Ethiopia earned US$ 62.2 million from textile and clothing exports in Ethiopian fiscal year 2003 (2010-11), which increased to $111 million last fiscal, Mr. Lemma said. However, last fiscal’s earnings of $111 million has been much lower than the $350 million target set for the year, he added.

For the ongoing fiscal year, TIDI has set a target of $435 million for textile and garment exports. To achieve the target, TIDI will work towards strengthening capacities of industries and addressing other challenges.

Shortage of raw material is one of the problems faced by the Ethiopian textile and clothing industry. At present, cotton is grown on over 125,000 hectares of land in the country. 

To meet the growing demand for cotton, the Government is working towards increasing the land use for cotton cultivation and also on improving cotton production. The Government has also resorted to importing cotton as a short-term measure to address the challenge of scarcity of raw material, Minister of Industry Ahmed Abitew said recently.

Garment, yarn and fabric are the top textile products in terms of export revenue for Ethiopia, while Germany, Turkey and China are the main destinations.

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埃塞俄比亚纺织品出口增长

埃塞俄比亚纺织产业发展研究所(TIDI)说，在政府的增长和转型计划（GTP）实施期间，埃塞俄比亚纺织品和服装的出口收益有所增长。

对2006年到2014年8月财年期间埃塞俄比亚纺织品服装行业的表现做出报告，TIDI局长Sileshi Lemma说，出口收入有所增长但增速缓慢。

Lemma先生说，在2010-2011财年，埃塞俄比亚纺织品服装的出口收入为6220万美元，而上一财年的出口额则增加至1.11亿美元。然而，去年1.11亿美元的财政收入远低于3.5亿美元的目标,他补充说。

当前财政年度,TIDI对纺织品和服装出口设定了一个4.35亿美元的目标。为了实现目标,TIDI将努力加强行业能力，应对其他挑战。

原材料短缺是埃塞俄比亚纺织品和服装行业面临的一个问题。目前,该国棉花种植超过125000公顷土地。

为了满足对棉花日益增长的需求,政府正努力增加棉花种植的土地利用并提高棉花产量。政府也把进口棉花作为解决原材料短缺挑战的一项短期措施,工业部长Ahmed Abitew说。

服装、纱线和面料是埃塞俄比亚出口收入来源的几大纺织产品,而德国、土耳其和中国是主要目的地。