Foreign Trade of Ethiopia-In the case of coffee export

B.Sc. Elsabet Sisay Tsegaye, Art.D.

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Summary Coffee is one of the most widely produced and traded commodities in Ethiopia as well as in the world. It serves as a means of livelihood for the majority of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. This diploma thesis is mainly aimed on the economic assessment of Ethiopian coffee trade based on the national available data set in the year between 1998-2017. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part firstly deals with a world production and consumption of coffee. Furthermore, it describes the significance of coffee to the world economy, major coffee exporters and importers, determinants of coffee export and international organizations in the world coffee market. The practical part initially deals with trade balance of Ethiopia, The history overview of Ethiopia’s coffee production, export and analysis of chosen determinants. This is followed by an analysis of Ethiopia coffee export in the period from 1998 to 2017. The analyzed result revealed that Ethiopia is mainly exporting coffee. From the export of coffee products, the country earned on average US$ 490,754,353.6 per year. The percentage of exporting unprocessed coffee (green coffee bean) was much higher than that of the export of processed coffee, which could indicate that the country has to give more attention in exporting processed coffee that has higher quality and competitive in market.

Keywords

Foreign trade, Import, Export, Econometric model, Ethiopia, Coffee

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 2. 4. 2020

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: prof. Ing. Mansoor Maitah, Ph.D. Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / field:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management