Glossary
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Al-ergii
Selling goods to buyers abroad.
Oomisha biyya alaatti gurguruu.
Coffee is 28% of Ethiopia's exports.
Bunni al-ergii Itoophiyaa keessaa 28%.
In Ethiopia
Ethiopia's goods exports were US$10.7 billion in fiscal year 2025/26, with gold (US$5.65 billion) and coffee the largest (Ensight's data page, from the National Bank and the Ministry of Mines).
Al-ergiin meeshaalee Itoophiyaa bara baajataa 2025/26 doolaara biiliyoona 10.7 ture; warqeen (doolaara biiliyoona 5.65) fi bunni isaan guguddaa turan (fuula daataa Ensight, Baankii Biyyoolessaa fi Ministeera Albuudaa irraa).
Stories that use this word
3Half of the record export year is gold, and that is the risk
Waggaa al-ergii rikardii keessaa walakkaan warqee dha; balaan isaas kanumaGold earned 53% of a US$10.7bn year. A basket that narrow moves with one price and one channel.
Ensight, from Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Mines figures · October 21, 2026Remittances out-earn gold, and the two official counts differ by US$1.06bn
Ergaan maallaqaa warqee caala; lakkoofsonni lamaan doolaara biiliyoona 1.06'n garaagaraMoney sent home beats any single export. How much of it there is depends on which count you read.
Ensight, from National Bank, Diaspora Service and IFAD figures · October 20, 2026
A record export year, and four fifths of it is gold and coffee
Waggaa al-ergii rikardii; harki afraffaa sadii warqee fi bunaThe Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration put goods exports at US$10.7 billion for the year to 7 July, 114% of target and the highest in the country's history. Gold was US$5.65 billion and coffee US$3 billion.
Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration · September 4, 2026