Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
96 611 939 -4.6 136 14.5
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
124 100 76 50
Imports
85 61 75 52
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 3 258 13 115 2020 0.02
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 3 4
2019 1 -5
2020 19 -10 2020 0.07
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 84.4
Fuels and mining products: 0.4
Agricultural products: 9.3
Fuels and mining products: 18.7
Manufactures: 11.9
Other: 3.4
Manufactures: 64.3
Other: 7.6
By main destination, % (2018)
By main origin, % (2018)
European Union: 11.8 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of: 8.9 United Arab Emirates: 7.3
China: 8.9 United States of America: 7.8 Other: 55.3
China: 28.3 United States of America: 10.7 Kuwait, the State of: 7.2
European Union: 12.3 India: 8.6 Other: 32.9
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS0901 HS1207 HS0713 HS0204 HS0709
2018 . 377 298 188 90 64
Coffee Other oil seeds, oleaginous fruits Dried leguminous vegetables Meat of sheep or goats, fresh Other vegetables, fresh or chilled
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1511 HS1001 HS1701 HS1006 HS1007
2018
Palm oil and its fractions Wheat and meslin Cane or beet sugar Rice Grain sorghum
495 398 325 269 98
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS0901
HS1511
HS1207
HS1001
HS0713
HS1701
HS0204
HS1006
HS0709
HS1007
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2018 1 168 2 292
Annual percentage change
2010-2018 3 12
2017 11 -14
2018 -31 15
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS7108 HS8525 HS4112 HS8604 HS6405
2018
Gold Radio-telephony transmission tools Sheeps or lambs' leather Railway/tramway maintenance vehicle Other footwear
40 35 33 26 21
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2710 HS8802 HS3004 HS8703 HS8704
2018
Petroleum oils, other than crude Other aircraft Medicaments in measured doses Motor cars for transport of persons Motor vehicles for goods transport
1 252 782 599 329 297
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
126
10%
Imports 20%
0%
HS7108
HS2710
HS8525
HS8802
HS4112
HS3004
HS8604
HS8703
HS6405
HS8704
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2018 380 12 692
Annual percentage change
2010-2018 -2 7
2017 34 -9
2018 -38 -8
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Ethiopia TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
4 318 5 375 2020 0.09
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
3 -1
-7 -12
8 8
2020 0.12
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 69.4 Other commercial services: 6.7
Travel: 23.9 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 65.3 Other commercial services: 28.7
By main destination
Travel: 6 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Ethiopia
400
World
300 200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 2 997 3 509
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2010-2020 10 8
Value
Share (%)
35 2 959 3
1.2 98.7 0.1
Annual percentage change 2019 9 -1
Imports By sea By air By other
2020 -16 -13
Value
Share (%)
na na na
na na na
Travel Ethiopia
300
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 1 033 322
2010-2020 7 8
Annual percentage change 2019 -19 8
2020 31 -51
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 6.3 2.3
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 288 Imports 1 543
Other business services ICTs 46.1
45.3
Value
Construction
3 8
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
na na
na na
2019
2020
14 -4
-9 12
2019
2020
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2018 Residents
13
Non-residents
49
Trademark applications, 2018 Total
62
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Residents
542
Non-residents
485
Industrial design applications Total
1 027
Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Total
na
127