Exports - commodities:
coffee, qat, gold, leather products, live animals, oilseeds

Exports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 6.9%, Djibouti 6.8%, Switzerland 6.4%, Italy 5.9%, US
5.5%, Netherlands 4.2% (2005)

Imports:
$2.722 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Imports - commodities:
food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals,
machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles

Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 14.7%, China 12.6%, US 12.4%, **COUNTRY** 9.6%, India
6.7%, Italy 4.6% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.226 billion (2005 est.)

Debt - external:
$5.101 billion (2005 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$308 million (FY00/01)

Currency (code):
birr (ETB)

Currency code:
ETB