APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopia and China agreed on Tuesday to increase their trade volume to $ 3 billion in the next six years.
The two countries agreed to strengthen their volume of trade as part of a new Chinese initiative to boost their cooperation.
Accordingly, the two sides agreed to double the volume of trade exchange to three $3 billion by 2015.
It has been reported that Chinese Foreign Direct Investment to Ethiopia has reached $1.5 billion.
Ethiopia and China have also signed an agreement enabling China to offer preferential market access to Ethiopian exports to China.
The Ethiopian Trade and Industry Minister, Girma Birru and the visiting Chinese Commerce Minister, Chen Deming signed the agreement.
According to the agreement, the new agreement covers more than 95 per cent of Ethiopias export to China, which is expected to increase the two countries volume of trade.
Trade exchange between the two countries has been growing by 35.6 per cent annually on average in particular over the past eight years, said Birru.
He also indicated that some 1000 Chinese projects have been registered to invest in Ethiopia.
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2010-01-13