{"id":24397,"date":"2023-11-25T10:36:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T10:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/afcfta-provides-huge-market-to-ethiopias-leather-industry"},"modified":"2023-11-25T10:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T10:36:55","slug":"afcfta-provides-huge-market-to-ethiopias-leather-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/afcfta-provides-huge-market-to-ethiopias-leather-industry","title":{"rendered":"AfCFTA Provides Huge Market to Ethiopia\u2019s Leather Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ethiopia. <\/strong><\/span>The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) provides huge market to Ethiopia\u2019s leather industry considering the country\u2019s enormous potential in the sector, according to the United Nations Economic Commission of Africa (UNECA).<\/p>\n

ECA\u2019s African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (ECCSA), and the Ethiopian Leather Industries Association (ELIA) co-organized the first workshop on \u201cthe Ethiopian Leather Industry and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Opportunities and Challenges\u201d in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n

The workshop aimed to bring all stakeholders together to discuss the opportunities the AfCFTA presents to the Ethiopian leather industry, appreciate the challenges facing it, and offer a platform for resolving the challenges.<\/p>\n

It also explored options on how best to position the Ethiopian leather industry to take advantage of the AfCFTA.<\/p>\n

Ethiopia is home to the largest livestock population in Africa that guarantees plentiful supply of raw materials for its leather industry, according to ECA.<\/p>\n

There are also many businesses operating across different segments of the industry in Ethiopia, both foreign and domestic.<\/p>\n

The industry has enormous potential to, among others, boost export revenues, create more job opportunities, support women economic empowerment, and contribute to Ethiopia\u2019s overall development, it added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat Ethiopia is also a State Party to the AfCFTA means that its leather products have access to a large and growing market of over 1.4 billion people, increasingly free of duties and other barriers.\u201d .<\/p>\n

Considering Ethiopia\u2019s potential comparative advantage in the leather industry and the opportunities that the AfCFTA presents to its economy, ECA took the initiative to organize the workshop in collaboration with representatives of the Ethiopian private sector in general (ECCSA) and the leather industry in particular (ELIA).<\/p>\n

The workshop is a part of ATPC\u2019s pilot project to work directly with the representatives of the private sector to support the AfCFTA Agreement\u2019s successful implementation.<\/p>\n

Opening the workshop, Director of ECA\u2019s Regional Integration and Trade Division, Stephen Karingi, observed that \u201cEthiopia\u2019s resource endowment, combined with a rich history of producing and supplying processed leather products, gives it a potential competitive advantage to become a successful player on the African single market that will emerge from AfCFTA implementation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Representing Ethiopia\u2019s Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration, Lead Executive for International and Regional Trade Integration at the Ministry, Tages Mulugeta, on his part, remarked that \u201cAfCFTA opens a new era of trade governance in Africa, and it must be viewed as an opportunity to implement necessary structural reforms\u201d and emphasized the significant potential that Ethiopia has in the leather industry.<\/p>\n

Over 40 participants attended the workshop, representing relevant Ethiopian Government agencies, the private sector as well as international organizations including FAO, UNCTAD, and UNIDO and regional stakeholders.<\/p>\n

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