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On 31st of August, the BoT reported the mean exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling (TZS) against major currencies: USD/TZS 2,297.6, GBP/TZS 3,059.5, EUR/TZS 2,737.6, CNY/TZS 334.8, RWF/TZS 2.37, and KES/TZS 21.22.

Minister of Trade and Industry Niven Gamea' said that full customs duty exemption will applied on 600 Egyptian goods exported to MERCOSUR countries as of September 1.

The Central Administration of Agricultural Quarantine at the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation issued a statement Wednesday on the amount of garlic, bell pepper, and eggplant exported since the beginning of 2020 until August 12.

China's General Administration of Customs said the volume of trade exchange between Egypt and China hit $4.31 billion from January to April this year; a 3.2 percent rise on annual basis.

Making the announcement in Nanyuki during a familiarisation tour of the line, Petroleum Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau told other stakeholders that after the pipeline, railway transport is a cheaper way to transport fuel than road because it is faster and safer.

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has explained that the clause 'waiving sovereignty' in the loan agreement between Nigeria and China is only a contract term, a sovereign guarantee that assures payback according to the terms and conditions of any loan.

This was the slowest increase in prices of goods and services- technically known as inflation- since the country reported its first case of Covid-19 in early March.

On March 28, 2020, the US announced new regulations in the tech industry designed to ban Huawei from using US manufactured (or owned) technology and software. Though the move was far from unexpected, it came as a blow to Chinese tech giant Huawei

Titled Recover Better: Economic and Social Challenges and Opportunities, the report analysed economic trends critical to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and recovery from the disease.