Exports up in October

The country’s exports during the month of October 2015 soared by 10, 8 percent to close at P4, 655 billion. This is a notable increase when compared to September’s P4, 2 billion, data sourced from Statistics Botswana shows.

The agency said that more exports value is reported during the months in which aggregated diamonds are sold. De Beers now sells all its diamond produce from Botswana under a process known as ‘aggregation’.