The Ethiopian Trading Businesses Corporation planned to buy 327,234 quintals of grain, coffee, consumer goods, vegetables and fruits for 1,463,489,845 Birr and 224,592 quintals for 1,090,171,587 Birr was achieved in the fiscal year 2016, in January. The achievement is 69% and 74% in volume and in value respectively.

In the last seven months, the corporation planned to purchase a total of 913,329 quintals of grain, coffee, vegetables and fruits and consumer goods and was able to fulfill 90 percent of the plan by purchasing 837,337 quintals.

The corporation planned to sell in the domestic and export markets in January, the amount of grain, coffee, consumer goods and vegetable and fruit production is 86,070 quintals worth 554,623,366 Birr, and 100,331 quintals of produce worth 812,145,069 Birr has been distributed to the market. Hence, the performance is 117% in volume and 146% in value.

The corporation planned to sell 1,087,367 quintals of produce in the domestic and foreign markets in seven months, and 1,144,031 quintals of produce was distributed to the market and 105 percent of the plan was achieved.

Regarding exports, in January, 410,122 US dollars was earned from coffee exports, and in the last seven months, the corporation planned to export 363,146 quintals of grains, pulses, oilseeds, and coffee, and exported 388,441 quintals of product, and achieved 107 percent of the plan.