Who Bought Ethiopia's Export Boom?
According to Birr Metrics, Who Bought Ethiopia’s Export Boom? staff writer October 26, 2026 Ethiopia's exports are booming, but gold and coffee are doing nearly all the work Ethiopia's exporters have seldom had it so good. In the first two months of the 2026/27 fiscal year, the country earned 2.3 billion US dollars from merchandise exports, up 176 percent from the 837 million US dollars it made a year earlier and 85 million US dollars ahead of the government's target.

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Who Bought Ethiopia’s Export Boom? staff writer October 26, 2026 Ethiopia's exports are booming, but gold and coffee are doing nearly all the work Ethiopia's exporters have seldom had it so good. In the first two months of the 2026/27 fiscal year, the country earned 2.3 billion US dollars from merchandise exports, up 176 percent from the 837 million US dollars it made a year earlier and 85 million US dollars ahead of the government's target.
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