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Related Keywords: Cotton development and textile industry performance evaluation, emphasis to quality, Ethiopian textile export performance, ETIDI, export oriented, lagging behind Nation plan, managerial and technical capacity of companies, obtained seventy percent of the plan, power outage and fluctuation, shortage of manpower and high turnover

Export performance of the textile sector is lagging behind plan during the 2015/16 fiscal year first half year. This is found at the cotton development and textile industry performance evaluation, the Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute (ETIDI) announced that the export of textile has reached 41.1 million USD against the nation’s plan to obtain some 60.07 million USD. Only 70 percent of the plan has been achieved.

Related Keywords: Ethiopian Textile and Garment Manufacturers Association, Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute, ETIDI, facing shortage of raw cotton, import pest resistant improved cotton variety, increasing number of textile industries, permission for the importation

The Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute (ETIDI) on Thursday said that the country’s textile industry is presently facing shortage of raw cotton, to address the problem it has been decided to import pest resistant improved cotton variety.

Sileshi Lemma, Director General of ETIDI, said that a study meant to address the shortage has been conducted and importing improved variety was taken as a solution.

The country has already approved a proclamation which offers permission for the importation of cotton variety.