Economy · DiinagdeeSeptember 4, 2026
US$10.7bn

A record export year, and four fifths of it is gold and coffee

Waggaa al-ergii rikardii; harki afraffaa sadii warqee fi buna

A worker carries a sack past thousands of stacked coffee bags in a warehouse
DFID - UK Department for International Development · CC BY 2.0

Coffee at the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange warehouse in Awassa.

ByThe Ensight deskCompiled from the sources named · 1 min read

Posted 29 Nehase 2018 E.C. · 11:00 EAT (5:00 Ethiopian time) · Published by Ensight (Mo Creatives) · Photograph DFID - UK Department for International Development · CC BY 2.0

The Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration put goods exports at US$10.7 billion for the year to 7 July, 114% of target and the highest in the country's history. Gold was US$5.65 billion and coffee US$3 billion. Mining revenue tripled from US$1.88 billion, almost all of it from artisanal workings. Manufactured exports remain about 2% of the basket.

Source: Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration

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