What is the price of bananas per kilogram/pound in Ethiopia today?
The retail price range for Ethiopia bananas is between US$ 0.85 and US$ 1.96 per kilogram or between US$ 0.39 and US$ 0.89 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of bananas in Ethiopia
The retail price range in Ethiopian Birr for bananas is between ETB 46.09 and ETB 106.32 per kilogram or between ETB 20.90 and ETB 48.22 per pound(lb) in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Ethiopia bananas is between US$ 0.59 and US$ 1.37 per kilogram or between US$ 0.27 and US$ 0.62 per pound(lb).
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Ethiopia Bananas Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Bananas from Ethiopia over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 0.23 US $ per kg, and in 2021 it was 0.22 US $ per kg. The highest price was in 2014, when it was 0.22 US $ per kg, and the lowest price was in 2012, when it was 0.17 US $ per kg. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Bananas from Ethiopia in 2023 will be around 0.22 US $ per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 0.23 US $ per kg.The bananas exports from Ethiopia are classified as:
- Bananas, incl. plantains, fresh or dried (HS code 080300)
- Fresh or dried bananas (excluding plantains) (HS code 080390)
Ethiopia Bananas Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Bananas into Ethiopia over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 0.23 US $ per kg, and this remained the same in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, the price dropped slightly to 0.21 US $ per kg, before increasing to 0.22 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Bananas into Ethiopia in 2023 will be 0.22 US $ per kg, and in 2024 will be 0.23 US $ per kg.Export values for Ethiopia bananas
The total values in export for bananas in Ethiopia were US$ 2,286, US$ 1,425, US$ 906 and US$ 1 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Fruits category in Ethiopia: Olives, Pumpkins, squash and gourds, Sweetcorn, Dates, Figs, Pineapples, Avocados, Mangoes, Oranges & Mandarin Oranges (tangerines and clementines.
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Ethiopia bananas - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Ethiopia sold 1 tonnes of bananas. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for Ethiopia bananas (fruits category) has gone down, recording a change of -99.976 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, bananas' exports went down by -99.98 percent netting Ethiopia US$0.00m for the year 2019. Ethiopia's bananas exports are classified as:
- Bananas, incl. plantains, fresh or dried (HS code 080300)
- Fresh or dried bananas (excluding plantains) (HS code 080390)
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Ethiopia bananas export values
In 2019, Ethiopia exported bananas valued at 0.00m USD, a contraction of -100.00% from 2018's total bananas export of 0.906m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Ethiopia bananas between 2017 to 2018 was -36.421 percent.
The yearly change in the volume of Ethiopia's bananas exports between 2017 and 2019 was -99.98% in comparison to a variation of -99.976% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Ethiopia bananas ( in '000$ )
Ethiopia's leading export markets for bananas are Djibouti, US, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Somalia.
Ethiopia brought in 0 tonnes of bananas in 2019.
Production
The production of bananas in Ethiopia was 1,078,886 tonnes in 2019 and is forecast to change by an average of 7.56%. The country had approximately 134,774.00 hectares under bananas cultivation.