Addis Ababa, July 17 (Xinhua) – Shafi Umer, Deputy Director of the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority, recently stated in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that China has become the third largest export market for Ethiopian coffee in the fiscal year 2025/26 ending on July 7.
Umeil said that in the fiscal year 2025/26, Saudi Arabia and Germany will be the first and second largest export markets for Ethiopian coffee. China ranks as the third largest export market, higher than the fifth place in the previous fiscal year.
According to the agency's statistics, in the fiscal year 2025/26, Ethiopia exported 47836 tons of coffee to China, with an export value of 347 million US dollars, an increase of about 40% and 58% year-on-year, respectively.
Umeil stated that the growth of Ethiopia's coffee exports to China is mainly due to the increase in organic coffee exports, improvement in logistics services, and increasingly close trade relations between the two countries.
We are working hard to tap into the potential of the Chinese market and meet the growing demand for coffee among Chinese consumers, especially young consumers, by vigorously promoting and exporting organic coffee, "said Umeil.