Ethiopia - Foreign trade

Coffee exports generate more than half of Ethiopia's export returns (53%), but the country's coffee production only accounts for 2.2% of the world's coffee exports. Leather, animal hides, and skins also bring in export revenues (9.9%). Other agricultural products, including vegetables, oil seeds, and cotton reflect the remainder of major exports (10%).

Ethiopia is heavily dependent on imported manufactures. Machinery, petroleum, and petroleum products represent the leading import items. In 2000 Ethiopia's imports were distributed among the following categories:

Consumer goods	12.0%
Food	5.9%
Fuels	20.1%
Industrial supplies	27.6%
Machinery	18.3%
Transportation	14.9%
Other	1.2%

Principal trading partners in 2000 (in millions of US dollars) were as follows:

COUNTRY	EXPORTS	IMPORTS	BALANCE
Germany	94	65	29
Japan	56	103	-47
Saudi Arabia	39	21	18
Italy	32	112	-80
Switzerland	29	10	19
United States	18	61	-43
France	14	40	-26
United Kingdom	10	55	-45
India	8.	66	-58
Yemen	6	241	-235
China (inc. Hong Kong)	n.a.	97	n.a.