Kampala, Uganda | URN | Civil society organizations have raised concerns that Uganda is deriving limited benefits from its booming gold exports, despite the mineral overtaking coffee as the country’s leading export earner. Magara Siragi Luyima, the Energy and Extractive Industries Coordinator at Oxfam, said gold exports reached approximately USD …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s external trade in goods declined further in the month of July, with both imports and exports recording declines. The import bill decreased by 436.80 million dollars while export receipts fell by 155.05 million dollars, according to latest information from the Ministry of Finance, Planning …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda earned 590 billion Shillings from gold exports in June 2020, in what looks like a resurgence from a slight slump caused by the coronavirus lockdown. The earnings in June represent a 21 percent jump on the export earnings in May at 462.4 billion …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The monthly gold exports dropped to the lowest in March as coronavirus shutdown countries that consume most of Uganda’s gold. According to the Finance Ministry, Uganda’s gold exports fell to 1,199 kilograms in March 2020 down from 1,955 kilograms exported in February. The volume …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s exports earnings fell sharply in the month of April compared to March owing to a drop in gold exports and goods crossing to Rwanda, a Ministry of Finance filing shows. The May 2019 economy performance report shows that export earnings fell by 49.1% …
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