Ethiopia's Dire Dawa Free Trade Zone Enters in to Full Operation

Ethiopia's Dire Dawa Free Trade Zone Enters in to Full Operation

Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) has announced that the Dire Dawa Free Trade Zone has entered in to full operation with its full capacity.

Ethiopia's first free trade zone fully operational

ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — The Ethiopian Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) on Tuesday announced that the Dire Dawa Free Trade Zone, the country’s first free trade zone, has become fully operational. The free trade zone will boost the East African country’s capabilities in attracting international companies engaged in various manufacturing industries, the IPDC said in a statement issued Tuesday, quoting Fisseha Yitagesu, chief …