Ethiopia - Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Ethiopia was 3,258,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,370,000,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 76,000,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

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Year Value
1960 78,000,000
1961 76,000,000
1962 80,000,000
1963 90,000,000
1964 105,000,000
1965 116,000,000
1966 111,000,000
1967 101,000,000
1968 106,000,000
1969 119,000,000
1970 122,000,000
1971 126,000,000
1972 167,000,000
1973 239,000,000
1974 269,000,000
1975 240,000,000
1976 280,000,000
1977 333,000,000
1978 306,000,000
1979 418,000,000
1980 425,000,000
1981 380,000,000
1982 399,000,000
1983 403,000,000
1984 417,000,000
1985 333,000,000
1986 455,000,000
1987 355,000,000
1988 429,000,000
1989 465,000,000
1990 298,000,000
1991 189,000,000
1992 169,000,000
1993 199,000,000
1994 372,000,000
1995 422,000,000
1996 417,000,000
1997 587,000,000
1998 561,000,000
1999 467,000,000
2000 486,000,000
2001 455,000,000
2002 480,000,000
2003 496,000,000
2004 678,000,000
2005 903,000,000
2006 1,043,000,000
2007 1,277,000,000
2008 1,602,000,000
2009 1,618,000,000
2010 2,330,000,000
2011 2,875,000,000
2012 3,370,000,000
2013 2,973,000,000
2014 3,275,000,000
2015 2,914,000,000
2016 2,789,000,000
2017 3,022,000,000
2018 2,704,000,000
2019 2,741,000,000
2020 3,258,000,000

Limitations and Exceptions: Exports are recorded as the cost of the goods delivered to the frontier of the exporting country for shipment - the free on board (f.o.b.) value. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system exports comprise outward-moving goods that are (a) goods wholly or partly produced in the country; (b) foreign goods, neither transformed nor declared for domestic consumption in the country, that move outward from customs storage; and (c) goods previously included as imports for domestic consumption but subsequently exported without transformation. Under the special system exports comprise categories a and c. In some compilations categories b and c are classified as re-exports. Because of differences in reporting practices, data on exports may not be fully comparable across economies. Data on exports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on imports. In principle, world exports and imports should be identical. Similarly, exports from an economy should equal the sum of imports by the rest of the world from that economy. But differences in timing and definitions result in discrepancies in reported values at all levels.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Merchandise trade data are from customs reports of goods moving into or out of an economy or from reports of financial transactions related to merchandise trade recorded in the balance of payments. Because of differences in timing and definitions, trade flow estimates from customs reports and balance of payments may differ. Several international agencies process trade data, each correcting unreported or misreported data, leading to other differences. The data on total exports of goods (merchandise) are from the World Trade Organization (WTO), which obtains data from national statistical offices and the IMF's International Financial Statistics, supplemented by the Comtrade database and publications or databases of regional organizations, specialized agencies, economic groups, and private sources (such as Eurostat, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit). Country websites and email contact have improved collection of up-to-date statistics, reducing the proportion of estimates. The WTO database now covers most major traders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which together with high-income countries account for nearly 95 percent of world trade. Reliability of data for countries in Europe and Central Asia has also improved.

Aggregation method: Gap-filled total

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports