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Ethiopia — Trade & Compliance

Ethiopia's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.

Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.

4
trade agreements
2
cargo treaties
17.20%
MFN applied tariff

Memberships & standing

DatabookThe Record of Consolidated Knowledge
Ethiopia beyond logistics?
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Trade Flow

Top export markets
  1. 1China12.8%
  2. 2USA12.8%
  3. 3Saudi Arabia11.7%
  4. 4Germany7.8%
  5. 5Netherlands6.7%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Top import sources
  1. 1China43.5%
  2. 2France10.3%
  3. 3India6.1%
  4. 4USA5.3%
  5. 5United Kingdom5.3%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading export goods (HS2)
  1. 1Coffee, tea, spices45.7%
  2. 2Oil seeds11.2%
  3. 3Live trees & plants10.0%
  4. 4Vegetables6.0%
  5. 5Knitted apparel5.6%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading import goods (HS2)
  1. 1Machinery & mechanical appliances24.2%
  2. 2Electrical machinery15.6%
  3. 3Aircraft & spacecraft9.2%
  4. 4Pharmaceuticals5.8%
  5. 5Plastics4.1%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export markets
  1. 1China+6.12pp
  2. 2Saudi Arabia+4.82pp
  3. 3Kenya+2.60pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export markets
  1. 1United Arab Emirates−15.71pp
  2. 2Somalia−5.93pp
  3. 3Djibouti−1.94pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export goods
  1. 1Coffee, tea, spices+11.44pp
  2. 2Live trees & plants+3.23pp
  3. 3Oil seeds+2.83pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export goods
  1. 1Pearls, precious stones & metals−12.15pp
  2. 2Vegetables−6.44pp
  3. 3Meat−1.48pp
CEPII BACI · 2024

Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is inCEPII BACI · 2024

Preferential Trade Agreements

AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade) Agreement2019
FTA & EIAGoods & Services
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - Accession of Seychelles2009
CUGoods
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - Accession of Egypt1999
CUGoods
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)1994
CUGoods
World Bank DTA · 4 trade agreements in force

International Cargo Treaties

  • Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
    Party · 1975176 ratifications
  • Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. New York, 28 July 1994
    Party · 1994171 ratifications
UN Treaty Collection · 2 ratified

Fiscal & Tariffs

Currency
ETB
Ethiopian Birr
ISO numeric 2302 minor units
ISO 4217
MFN applied tariff
17.20%
simple average (2021)
World Bank WDI

Sanctions & restrictive measures

On the UN list
1
UN Security Council Consolidated List
On the EU list
2
EU Consolidated Sanctions List
Listed entities includeAL-HARAMAIN: ETHIOPIA BRANCHXasan Cabdulle XirsiHassan Mahat Omar

3 entities on UN/EU restrictive-measures listsfull lists: UN Security Council Consolidated List · 2026-04 · EU Consolidated Sanctions List

Key commodities

Top agricultural output
Maize (corn)
11.7M t
FAOSTAT · 2024
Top mineral output
steel, crude
130K tonnes (metric)
BGS · 2014
Energy production
Primary energy production
U.S. EIA

Top item per category of 116 commodities trackedfull lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA

All Sources

TradeCountry Trade Facts (CEPII BACI)
etalab-2.0
TradeWorld Bank Deep Trade Agreements (DTA)
cc-by-4.0
Sanctions & complianceUN Treaty Collection — Multilateral Treaties Deposited (MTDSG)
open
fiscalWorld Bank – World Development Indicators (WDI)
cc-by-4.0
fiscalISO 4217 Currency Codes
open
commoditythe British Geological Surveythe British Geological Survey
OGL
Referencelogibook trade-bloc referencelogibook trade-bloc reference
Compiled (public facts)
commoditythe U.S. Energy Information Administrationthe U.S. Energy Information Administration
Public domain (US gov)
commodityFAOSTATFAOSTAT
CC BY 4.0 IGO
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)
Sanctions & compliancethe UN Security Council Consolidated Listthe UN Security Council Consolidated List
UN — open
Sanctions & compliancethe EU Consolidated Sanctions Listthe EU Consolidated Sanctions List
© EU — free reuse
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