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About

Ethiopia-United States Trade: In 2022, Ethiopia exported $557M to United States. The main products that Ethiopia exported to United States were Coffee ($195M), Non-Knit Men's Suits ($62.3M), and Knit Babies' Garments ($34.2M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Ethiopia to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 14.3%, from $286M in 2017 to $557M in 2022.

In 2022, Ethiopia did not export any services to United States.

United States-Ethiopia Trade: In 2022, United States exported $1.11B to Ethiopia. The main products that United States exported to Ethiopia were Wheat ($626M), Dried Legumes ($58.5M), and Malt Extract ($37.2M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United States to Ethiopia have increased at an annualized rate of 0.081%,  from $1.1B in 2017 to $1.11B in 2022.

In 2022, United States did not export any services to Ethiopia.

Comparison: In 2022,  Ethiopia ranked 98 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.72), and 134 in total exports ($4.24B). That same year, United States ranked 10 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.47), and 2 in total exports ($1.95T).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Ethiopia exported $557M to United States. The main products exported from Ethiopia to United States were Coffee ($195M), Non-Knit Men's Suits ($62.3M), and Knit Babies' Garments ($34.2M). During the last 5 years the exports of Ethiopia to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 14.3%, from $286M in 2017 to $557M in 2022.

In 2017, United States exported $1.11B to Ethiopia. The main products exported from United States to Ethiopia were Wheat ($626M), Dried Legumes ($58.5M), and Malt Extract ($37.2M). During the last 5 years the exports of United States to Ethiopia have increased at an annualized rate of 0.081%, from $1.1B in 2022 to $1.11B in 2017.

Exports from Ethiopia (Flag) to United States (Flag) (2022)

Exports from United States (Flag) to Ethiopia (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between Ethiopia (Flag) and United States (Flag)

Ethiopia Exports

United States Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Ethiopia
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$723M
United States
Top Destination
Canada$308B

This map shows whether countries import more from Ethiopia or United States. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Ethiopia and United States or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Ethiopia than United States included Somalia ($265M) and North Korea ($3.62k).

In 2022, countries that imported more from United States than Ethiopia included Canada ($308B), Mexico ($294B), and China ($151B).

Difference in imports from United States (Flag) and Ethiopia (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Ethiopia - United States

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Ethiopia and United States by product, considering products traded by both, Ethiopia and United States.

During 2022, Ethiopia had a large net trade with United States in the exports of Textiles ($269M), Vegetable Products ($227M), and Foodstuffs ($21.4M).

During 2017, United States had a large net trade with Ethiopia in the exports of Vegetable Products ($712M), Machines ($119M), and Foodstuffs ($62.1M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Ethiopia United States+$129MCoffee
Top Product Potential United States Ethiopia+$30.3MVaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Ethiopia and United States. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Ethiopia indicates it has a comparative advantage over United States. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of United States indicates it has a comparative advantage over Ethiopia.

Product Space of Ethiopia (Flag) and United States (Flag) (2022)

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