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Ethiopia: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

107 / 138

Importer Rank

78 / 138

Trade Balance Rank

114 / 138

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2021) $3,057,628,826
Total Imports (2021) $15,284,934,933
Trade Balance (2021) ($12,227,306,107)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 8.25%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 18.32%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
Somalia $360,837,728
United States $330,214,808
Germany $243,942,711
Netherlands $229,346,824
Saudi Arabia $215,538,227
United Arab Emirates $189,768,436
Belgium $131,003,731
Japan $106,172,439
Israel $105,941,833
Djibouti $102,898,691

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
China $4,035,056,605
India $2,403,950,317
United States $1,168,347,053
Turkey $764,567,265
Malaysia $631,204,086
Ukraine $578,837,126
United Arab Emirates $513,239,441
Kuwait $511,138,516
Morocco $364,762,617
Japan $358,289,354

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(09) Coffee & Spices $1,209,514,153
(07) Vegetables $648,553,990
(12) Oil Seeds $407,186,091
(06) Live Plants $290,181,170
(02) Meat $94,072,136
(61) Apparel: Knit $80,246,370
(62) Apparel: Non Knit $62,696,912
(01) Live Animals $33,626,697
(41) Hides & Leather $28,656,563
(85) Electrical Machinery $24,461,968

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(84) Industrial Machinery $1,737,128,993
(10) Cereals $1,683,142,236
(15) Fats & Oils $1,397,640,944
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $1,196,475,837
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $1,089,568,925
(85) Electrical Machinery $1,008,840,854
(30) Pharmaceuticals $812,070,680
(39) Plastics $675,421,471
(17) Sugar & Confectionery $592,926,016
(31) Fertilizers $590,892,796

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2021) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 10/8/2023
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