Top news items in major Zambia media outlets

LUSAKA, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Zambia's major media outlets on Thursday.

-- Zambian President Edgar Lungu has challenged the business community in the country and India to work towards increasing trade between the two countries exceeding 1 billion U.S. dollars by the end of this year. (Times of Zambia)

-- The Zambian government has formulated an export strategy to promote the growth of non-traditional exports.

Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Christopher Yaluma said once approved, the measure will form an important vehicle for implementing priorities that have been identified in the Seventh National Development Plan as part of diversifying the economy from copper dependence. (Zambia Daily Mail)

-- Zambia's leading sugar producer is expected to increase its production for refined sugar by 45,000 tons annually following additional investment in a refinery project launched last year. (Daily Nation)

-- A World Bank report has revealed that it found it difficult to establish the number of existing State-Owned Enterprises in Zambia and their actual contribution to the economy.

According to a 2017 Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes for Auditing and Accounting launched on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, Zambia has a number of parastatal bodies involved in different sectors whose contribution to economic growth could not be measured. (The Mast) Enditem