• China treks from 33rd to 8th major importer of Ethiopian coffee at present
BY MESERET BEHAILU
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Coffee export level to China has reinvigorated and the country has exported 5,879.34 tons of coffee to China in the first ten months of 2021/22 fiscal year alone to earn 30.4 million USD, so stated Further Africa.
Further Africa Website noted that China expects coffee import from Ethiopia to rank among the top ten destinations for Ethiopian coffee exportamong East Asian nations.
As to the information gained from Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority, diversification of markets for coffee export, particularly in new rising Asian markets, was among the major factor that helps the Coffee export bring in record annual revenue in the 2021/22 fiscal year.
The website further stated that Ethiopia has exported 5,879.34 tons of coffee to China in the first ten months of 2021/22 fiscal year alone and earned 30.4 million USD. Comparing with the past similar period, the country has registered 31 percent of growth. The increase has made China, which ranked 33rd in the previous fiscal year, the 8th major importer of Ethiopian coffee at present.
By the same token, “China was one main destination for Ethiopian Coffee,” wrote Wu Peng, Director-General of the African Affairs Department at the Chinese Foreign Ministry, on twitter last week. He has also added that China’s coffee imports from Ethiopia grew by 196 percent in 2021.
The Director-General said: “I was glad to know that Ethiopia’s coffee production is expected to flourish with high records in the coming harvest season and Ethiopian coffee was also ‘highly appreciated by Chinese people.”
Ethiopia, which is known as the origin of Arabica coffee, is recognized worldwide for its rich coffee quality and variety of flavors as well as making the demand for the commodity increase globally, he said.
It is to be recalled that Ethiopia obtained a record-hit 1.4 billion USD from coffee export in 2021/22 fiscal year. The top five coffee export destinations were Germany, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Belgium, and Japan.
The Ethiopian Herald 6 August 2022
