YEMEN IMPORTS 52,374 TONS OF CANDLES DURING 1ST HALF OF 2009

SANA'A, Sep. 12 (Saba)-Yemen imported 52,374 tons of candles via Hodeidah seaport during the first half of this year at sum of $ 5.8 million, althawarh.net reported.

The news website cited a report of Hodeidah customs that the Hodeidah seaport received 38,606 generators at a total cost of 6.6 billion during the same period.

Yemen suffers of shortage in electricity and works to generate power by using gas as it launched works in first phase of Mareb Gas power plant last week.

According to the report of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Yemen was implementing many electricity-related projects including the establishment and rehabilitation of 20 electricity generating stations at a cost of $ 538.62 million.

These projects also include the connection of distribution networks as well as establishing capacitors for energy discharge.

The report said that 428 projects in the electricity domain are under construction across the republic with the aim of boosting energy resources and to radically resolve the problems of electricity cut off.

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