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The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) is to hold Ethiopian Coffee Conference in November 2013. Anteneh Assefa, CEO of Ethiopian Commodity Exchange, said November’s coffee conference will bring together stakeholders and promote Ethiopian coffee. Details of the event are still being finalized.

Ethiopian Embassy in Beijing held Ethiopian Coffee Cupping and Promotion Event with a view to create a better awareness of the unique quality and taste of Ethiopian coffee. Ethiopia exported 12,380 tons of coffee to China in 2021 which showed a 196% increase when compared to the 2020 export which amounted to 4,178.9 tons.

During the event, Ambassador Teshome Toga, Ethiopian Ambassador to China, revealed that the bilateral trade volume between Ethiopia and China reached USD 2.19 billion. China has become one of the largest importers of Ethiopian coffee.

The Coffee Plantation Development Enterprise of Ethiopia earned 209 million birr from the sale of coffee this fiscal year it reported.

The revenue was earned from the sale of more than 75,000 quintals of coffee that the enterprise supplied to domestic and international markets according to Fesseha Tekle Director General of the CPDE.

The most important international export destinations for the enterprise are Belgium, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands and Russia he noted.

Ethiopian coffee exhibition and forum has been held in Israel on Sunday. The event has been organized by the Ethiopian Embassy to the State of Israel, in collaboration with its partners.

Ethiopian coffee exhibition, along with a culinary diplomacy event, has been held in Jerusalem, at Empress Taitu Memorial Building. The event, which aimed to promote Ethiopian coffee in Israel has been organized by the Ethiopian Embassy in Israel.