Japanese seek raw materials from Uganda
Uganda has been cited as one of the African countries with a potential to supply raw materials to industries in Japan.
By Chris Mugasha
Uganda has been cited as one of the African countries with a potential to supply raw materials to industries in Japan. Fumiko Uno of the Japan trade fair division department said the manufacturing industries in Japan were facing a shortage of raw materials to run, which is hoped that African countries and Uganda in particular can exploit.
Uno said the team was in the country to identify the raw materials. He was last week meeting with the top management of the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development at Nyaruzinga in Bushenyi at the banana flour factory. The flour was last month exported to Oman in the Middle East. The meeting followed an exhibition of banana flour under the Tooke Flour brand was held in Japan in April. Uno said they would need 20 metric tonnes of tooke flour per month.
Rev. Dr. Florence Muranga, the director of the initiative, said the team wanted to see where the banana flour was made. She said the Government must invest heavily in research arguing that, “their standards are very high.â€
Hiroki Nagamine, the Japan external trade organisation director, said they were impressed with the Government’s initiative to add value to products,†Nagamine said after tasting the cakes and biscuits made from tooke flour.
Uganda has been cited as one of the African countries with a potential to supply raw materials to industries in Japan. Fumiko Uno of the Japan trade fair division department said the manufacturing industries in Japan were facing a shortage of raw materials to run, which is hoped that African countries and Uganda in particular can exploit.
Uno said the team was in the country to identify the raw materials. He was last week meeting with the top management of the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development at Nyaruzinga in Bushenyi at the banana flour factory. The flour was last month exported to Oman in the Middle East. The meeting followed an exhibition of banana flour under the Tooke Flour brand was held in Japan in April. Uno said they would need 20 metric tonnes of tooke flour per month.
Rev. Dr. Florence Muranga, the director of the initiative, said the team wanted to see where the banana flour was made. She said the Government must invest heavily in research arguing that, “their standards are very high.â€
Hiroki Nagamine, the Japan external trade organisation director, said they were impressed with the Government’s initiative to add value to products,†Nagamine said after tasting the cakes and biscuits made from tooke flour.