Luanda – Around US$29.84 million has been invested in exports of products from the Programme to Support Production, Diversification of Exports and Substitution of Imports (PRODESI), since the beginning of this year, the Secretary of State for the Economy, Mário Caetano João said today in Luanda.
Speaking at the usual briefing of the Ministry for the Economy and Planning (MEP), he noted that the top six export products were cement, with US$14.31 million, beer (US$6.30 million), glass packaging (US$2.70 million) and bananas (US$2.48 million).
Juices and soft drinks, with USD 2.32 million, and sugar (USD 1.73 million) complete the range of products on that list.
In terms of the six most imported products, Caetano João cited chicken meat, with US$126.45 million, rice (US$106.29 million), sugar (US$87.02 million), soya cooking oil (US$76.23 million), palm oil (US$70.37 million) and milk (US$56.29 million), for a total of US$522.29 million.
According to the official, these commodities are generally exported to Congo Brazzaville, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal and Portugal, while imports are generally from Brazil, the United States, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Portugal.
Source: Angola Press News Agency