Record volume and revenue for Ethiopian coffee exports

Ethiopia’s Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA) said Wednesday that the country earned a record $1.868 billion from coffee exports over the past 10 months.

Its director-general, Adugna Debela, said 354,302 thousand tonnes were sold, with Germany, Saudi Arabia, and the United States ranked as its top three destinations.

These figures represents an increase of 70 per cent in volume and 87 per cent in revenue compared to the same period in the…