date:Oct 21, 2013
At a meeting on October 17 to review agro-export revenues and plans for next three months of the year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said that export turnover in first nine months of the year has declined.
According to the Ministry, agricultural produce is the backbone of the country, which unfortunately has seen a sharp drop in exports.
For instance, cashew exports have dropped by 15.8 percent, coffee by 23.1 percent in quantity and 22.4 percent in value, rice by 14.7 percent in quanti