Ethiopian Coffee & Tea Authority, Ethiopian Conformity Assessment Enterprise Sign MoU to Enhance Spices Export

Addis Ababa, December 20/2023(ENA) Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority and Ethiopian Conformity Assessment Enterprise (ECAE) have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the quality of spices export.

Signing the agreement today, Director General of the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority Adugna Debela stated working together from production to the marketing system is crucial to address challenges facing the sector.

This collaboration with ECAE will enhance the authority's effort to secure better foreign exchange from export, Adugna said.

Ethiopia secures about 20 million US dollar per year from spices export; currently, the country is exporting about 16 types of spices. 

The Ethiopian Conformity Assessment Enterprise has sufficient and sophisticated facilities to maintain quality of products.

Ethiopian Conformity Assessment Enterprise Director General Meaza Abera said for her part that ECAE is providing conformity assessment through the implementation of internationally recognized laboratory testing, inspection and certification systems.

The enterprise provides such services for exporters, importers, producers, and regulatory institutions, Meaza affirmed. 

Today's MoU with Coffee and Tea authority targets that Ethiopia’s spices export will have fulfilled the requirement of international quality standards.  

The Director stressed need for creating awareness among producers, exporters and other stakeholders to sustaining the quality of spices at the global market. 

ECAE is an enterprise, that aims to enable quality products and services by providing reliable, independent, effective, accessible and efficient conformity assessment services through the implementation of internationally recognized & accepted laboratory testing, inspection and certification systems.