Ethiopia coffee export earning hits $578mln during half year

Addis Ababa, January 20, 2021 (FBC) – Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority announced that 578 million USD has been obtained in the past six months from exporting coffee and China has become among top Ethiopia’s coffee importers for the first time.

As to the information obtained from the authority, Ethiopia had exported 148 ton of coffee planning to send 123 tons.

The authority Deputy Director Shefi Umer told Al Ain News that coffee export capacity of Ethiopia has been growing as it has managed to export over 1,000 ton of coffee per day.

Compared to the same period last year, the income from the coffee, have shown an increase in 274 million USD adding that the amount obtained in the aforementioned months, according to EPA.