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Ethiopia's Export Commodities

The major export commodities of Ethiopia are presented below;

Coffee:- being the origin of coffee arabica, Ethiopia has immense potential to offer to the world varieties of flavors of organically produced washed & sun dried coffee. This sector accounts for about 60% of the country's export earnings. More than 90% of the nation's coffee harvested is organically produced. The country produces several types of coffee whose water-soluble extracts can be used for hot beverages, iced drinks, ice creams & in the confectionery industry.


Leather and Leather Products:- Ethiopia also offers a wide range of processed and semi-processed hides & skins to the world market. This sector accounts for about 14% of the total exports. Ethiopia's high quality exportable hides & skins include: pickled, wet blue and crust sheep skins; wet blue & crust goat skins; crust cow hides, finished garment leather, lining/upper leather, suede leather, full grain leather, embossed leather, patent leather, and so on.


Live Animals & Meat:- Ethiopia has the largest cattle population in Africa. Livestock husbandry is mostly carried out under natural grazing, making the meat and products very tasty & nutritionally healthy.


Oil Seeds & Pulses:- the oilseeds and pulses of Ethiopia are also known for their flavor and nutritional value as they are mostly produced organically. The major oilseeds & pulses for export include; sesame seed, nigger seed, linseeds, sunflower seeds, ground nuts, rape seeds, castor oil seeds, pumpkin seeds, haricot beans, pea beans, horse beans & chick peas.


Natural Gum:- the country is endowed with distinct climatic conditions which enable to grow diverse plant species used for industrial and pharmaceutical purposes. Among these are some famous plants for the production of natural gum. Gum Olibanum derived from Boswellia, Gum Myrrh and Oppiponex from Commiphora and Gum Arabic from Acacia species are the major gum products produced mainly for export market. Apart from their pharmaceutical applications, these products have wide-range of industrial uses in areas such as beverages, candies, chewing gums, confectioneries, diary products etc.

Other major quality export commodities of Ethiopia are tea, mineral products, different kinds of fruits & vegetables, flowers, varieties of spices, beverages, civet, bees wax, cotton etc.

Below are lists of available Ethiopian Export Commodities with their estimated volumes and potential destinations. Interested are advised to contact the Embassy’s Business Promotion Officer Mr. Philip with cell phone number 13601111476 and email [email protected] for any facilitation.