Ethiopia coffee exports hit $1.2 billion in eleven months

Addis Ababa, June 16, 2022 (FBC) – Ethiopia has earned 1.2 billion U.S. dollars from coffee export during the first 11 months of the current 2021/2022 fiscal Year.

Shafi Oumer, Deputy Director General of Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority, said the government is working to further boost coffee export revenue, as well as overcome any obstacles to fulfill the government’s economic reform plan.

Oumer disclosed the coffee export earnings during a discussion he held with coffee sector stakeholders from Ethiopia’s Sidama, Southern and Oromia regions, the three largest coffee-producing regions in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia’s traditional top five coffee export destinations are Germany, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Belgium, and the United States.