FILE PIC: File photo shows Li Lin, a coffee trade dealer who came to Ethiopia three years ago, checks coffee beans at a warehouse of a coffee farm near Kaffa, Ethiopia, on Dec. 8, 2018. Coffee exports represented the highest share of the revenues, reaching 162,818.04 tons and earning 645.10 million dollars, the ENA quoted Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority officials as saying. Coffee is Ethiopia's leading export product, or the backbone of the country's economy. Ethiopia's traditional top five coffee export destinations were Germany, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Belgium and the United States. Last month, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) highlighted Ethiopia's recent success in exporting coffee to China, saying it will provide a roadmap for the potential coffee exports of other African countries.

Source: Ethiopian News February 18, 2022 19:44 UTC