Ethiopia

U.S. Trade with Ethiopia in 2024

Export Market Rank
#78 Among U.S. Agricultural Export Markets
Total Export Value
$70.61 Million
3-Year Average
$238.15 Million
Compound Average Growth
-2.82% (2015-2024)
Total Export Value 2015 - 2024
Export Value by Commodity 2024

Top 10 Exports to Ethiopia in 2024

Commodity Total Value (USD) Total Volume (Metric Tons) 10-Year Average Value (USD) 10-Year Growth
Coarse Grains (excl. corn) $42.7 Million 184,740 $10.9 Million 431%
Pulses $6.92 Million 17,368 $23.24 Million -65%
Food Preparations $6.45 Million 2,029 $8 Million 1630%
Vegetable Oils (excl. soybean) $6.37 Million 3,498 $17.58 Million -15%
Other Intermediate Products $6.15 Million 3,109 $11.11 Million 2499%
Other Consumer Oriented $1.26 Million 412 $244,958 237%
Beef & Beef Products $148,040 9 $466,120 ---
Sugar $135,860 15 $115,649 ---
Nursery Products & Cut Flowers $120,460 12 $304,812 825%
Hides & Skins $102,692 --- $760,372 ---

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Data and Analysis

Attaché Report (GAIN)

Ethiopia: Coffee Annual

Ethiopia’s coffee production for marketing year 2025/26 is projected to reach 11.6 million 60-kg bags, supported by favorable weather, increased productivity from rejuvenated aging trees, and the use of improved inputs such as high-yielding seedlings.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Ethiopia: Grain and Feed Annual

Post forecasts Ethiopia’s wheat production to reach 6.5 million metric tons (MT) in MY 2025/26, driven by improved yields and expanded irrigated farmland. In the same period, wheat imports are projected to decline by 24 percent to 1.3 million MT.
In February 2025, Ethiopia’s National Variety Release Committee (NVRC) approved the commercial release of three TELA maize hybrid varieties.

News and Features

For Fiscal Year 2025, Food for Progress anticipates awarding five to seven new cooperative agreements, for projects of three- to five-years in duration. Priority countries include Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and Vietnam.
Communications to Congress

Food for Progress Program – FY 2023 Report to Congress

USDA will provide $466.5 million in FY 2024 funding to strengthen global food security through the McGovern-Dole and Food for Progress programs, Secretary Vilsack announced today.