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This report summarizes the list of major export certificates, documentations, and other regulatory requirements to export food and agricultural products to Ethiopia. The report is organized using information obtained from publicly available sources published online as well as from industry contacts.

This report discusses regulatory requirements and standards that must be fulfilled to export food and agricultural products to Ethiopia. Pertinent information on applicable laws, regulations, directives, guidelines, procedures, and key regulatory contact details included.

Ethiopia’s Ten-Year Development Plan (2021-2030) identifies sustained and quality agriculture programs to accelerate economic progress and ensure national food security as its national strategy. The development of small and large-scale irrigation infrastructure in the Ethiopian lowlands has recently been given increasing due attention by the GOE - among other contributing factors like improved seed, fertilizer supply, and use of mechanization on the clustered wheat farms.

The forex shortage in the country is becoming critical and the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) has banned 38 different products which are considered luxury items which include packaged food, household items, furniture, beauty products and automobiles, and different type of liquor imports in a circular order written by the Ministry of Finance to the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) on October 14, 2022.

This report summarizes the list of major export certificates, documentations and other regulatory requirements to export food and agricultural products to Ethiopia.

This report discusses regulatory requirements and standards that must be fulfilled to export food and agricultural products to Ethiopia.

Ethiopia’s coffee production for MY20/21 (Oct-Sep) is forecast to be 7.5 million 60-kilogram bags (450,000 metric tons). Exports are forecast to reach a record 4.12 million bags (247,200 metric tons).

MY 2020/21 wheat production is forecast to reach a record five million metric tons, while corn is projected to reach 8.6 million metric tons due to government in supplied inputs...

The Government of Ethiopia (GOE) floated two international competitive bids to purchase a total of 600,000 metric tons of foreign wheat.

Ethiopian farmers and researchers have tried to address food security shortfalls and plant health issues through conventional breeding without success.

MY 2019/20 production of sesame seed, Niger seed and soybeans is estimated to increase.