EXPORT PRODUCTS OF ETHIOPIA- IN ALL REGIONS

The country’s abundant livestock population and its suitable agro-ecology, which provides abundant fresh water and vast natural pasture favorable for livestock rearing, is an immense potential to increase livestock production in the country. Natural pasture which constitutes 51% of the total land areas of the country is the main source of animal feed which facilitates for the growth of livestock free of chemical and hormones with enormous appeal for consumers of developed countries

Ethiopia has exported 10,372 live animals in 2003, and has increased the number to 41,966 in the following year.

Ethiopia’s main exports of live animals include;

Steers
Yearlings
Lowland sheep and
Goats

The major export markets for the country’s live animal are Saudi Arabia, UAE, Djibouti, Yemen and Kuwait.

Meat and Meat Products

Livestock husbandry is mostly carried out under natural grazing, making the meat and meat products obtained from the animals very tasty and nutritionally high and healthy for human consumption.

Currently, there are five international standard abattoirs and five meat processing a plants in the country which are capable of producing fresh and frozen as well as conned meat products such as corned beef, minced beef, stewed steak, corned mutton, goulash, foul edams etc. the cumulative capacity of these plants enable the country to annually supply about 48,910 tons of chilled and frozen meat and 16,000 tons of canned meat.

Ethiopia’s main meat and meat products export include;

Fresh and chilled lamb and mutton carcass
Fresh and chilled goat carcass
Fresh and chilled boneless veal and beef;
Frozen lamb, mutton, goat carcass, veal and beef special cuts; etc

Presently, the major export markets are the Middle East countries and Congo Brazzaville, in Africa

FAVORABLE CONDITIONS

Since 1992, Ethiopia has embarked on structural reform programs aimed at reorienting the economy from command to market economy, rationalizing the role of the state, creating legal, institutional and policy environment to enhance private sector development. The overall policy environment focused at liberalization of prices and markets, removal of subsidies, reduction of tariffs and liberalization of external current account convertibility. All these measures have also been supported by favorable fiscal and monetary policies.

EXPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

The purpose of formulating and export development strategy is to identify key areas of focus in export development, which are crucial for long term economic growth. It also has the objective to ensure sustainable agricultural development, which is the main stay of the Ethiopian economy as it involves more than 85% of the population, contributes about 50% to the GDP and more than 85% to the total export and competitive industrial development to earn more foreign exchange.

CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT

Access to land

In Ethiopia, the public owns land and its administration is in the hand of the federal Government or the regional states. New investors or those who want to expand operations can get plots on a leasehold basis. A party from this, various incentives can be given to the entrepreneurs based on the areas of investment that the regions have set for a priority demand.

Infrastructure Development

The government is asking efforts to improve transport facilities and transit service deliveries. Improvement in market infrastructure especially road transport is taking place in the country since it is a bride that links the exportable items from the production area to the center.

EXPORT INCENTIVES

The government offers various incentives such as exemption from the payment of an6y export tax and other taxes levied on exports through the provision of Duty Drawback Scheme, Bonded Manufacturing Ware house Scheme systems to facilitate the export of goods.

MAJOR EXPORT PRODUCTS OF ETHIOPIA

Coffee

Ethiopia has long been known as the origin of coffee Arabica. The potential fore coffee production in Ethiopia is very high due to the country’s coffee pro9ducing areas which have suitable altitude and the fertility of the soil is maintained by organic recycling. Coffee is one of Ethiopia’s largest export commodities and it generated 60% of the country’s export earnings. The role that coffee plays in the country’s economy is a major determinant of the economic climate and it has become the most important commercial crop.

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