What is the price of beef per kilogram/pound in Ethiopia today?
The retail price range for Ethiopia beef is between US$ 6.16 and US$ 7.89 per kilogram or between US$ 2.79 and US$ 3.58 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of beef in Ethiopia
The retail price range in Ethiopian Birr for beef is between ETB 334.17 and ETB 428.15 per kilogram or between ETB 151.55 and ETB 194.17 per pound(lb) in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Ethiopia beef is between US$ 4.31 and US$ 5.52 per kilogram or between US$ 1.96 and US$ 2.51 per pound(lb).
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Ethiopia Beef Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Beef from Ethiopia over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price was at its highest at $3.15, before dropping to $2.4 in 2016. Prices then rose again in 2018 to $3.16, before dropping to $2.67 in 2019. The price has since been on the rise again, reaching $2.77 in 2020 and $2.79 in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Beef from Ethiopia will be around $2.81 in 2023 and $2.83 in 2024.The exports of beef from Ethiopia are classified as:
- Frozen, boneless meat of bovine animals (HS code 020230)
- Frozen edible bovine tongues (HS code 020621)
- Fresh or chilled bovine meat, boneless (HS code 020130)
- Frozen edible bovine livers (HS code 020622)
- Frozen edible bovine offal (excluding tongues and livers) (HS code 020629)
- Frozen bovine carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020210)
- Carcases or half-carcases of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code 020110)
- Fresh or chilled edible offal of bovine animals (HS code 020610)
- Frozen bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020220)
- Fresh or chilled bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and 1/2 carcases) (HS code 020120)
Ethiopia Beef Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Beef into Ethiopia over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2012, the price was 2.86 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 1.15 US dollars per kg in 2013. This was followed by a sharp increase to 2.58 US dollars per kg in 2014. The price then remained relatively stable at 2.73 US dollars per kg in 2015 and 2.4 US dollars per kg in 2016. In 2017, the price rose to 3.15 US dollars per kg, and then increased slightly to 3.16 US dollars per kg in 2018. The price then dropped to 2.67 US dollars per kg in 2019, before rising again to 2.77 US dollars per kg in 2020 and 2.79 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Beef into Ethiopia will remain relatively stable in the next two years, with an estimated price of 2.80 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2.81 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Ethiopia beef
The total values in export for beef in Ethiopia were US$ 3,601, US$ 7,713, US$ 11,107 and US$ 19,993 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Meat category in Ethiopia: Pork, Mutton, Goat Meat, Horse Meat, Chicken Meat, Turkey Meat, Duck Meat, Geese Meat, Guinea Fowls Meat & Rabbit Meat.
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Ethiopia beef - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Ethiopia sold 3,609 tonnes of beef. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Ethiopia beef (meat category) has climbed, changing by 5.96 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, beef's exports increased by 47.43 percent bringing the country US$19.99m for the year 2019. Ethiopia's beef exports are classified as:
- Frozen bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020220)
- Frozen edible bovine livers (HS code 020622)
- Carcases or half-carcases of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code 020110)
- Fresh or chilled bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and 1/2 carcases) (HS code 020120)
- Frozen, boneless meat of bovine animals (HS code 020230)
- Frozen bovine carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020210)
- Fresh or chilled edible offal of bovine animals (HS code 020610)
- Fresh or chilled bovine meat, boneless (HS code 020130)
- Frozen edible bovine tongues (HS code 020621)
- Frozen edible bovine offal (excluding tongues and livers) (HS code 020629)
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Ethiopia beef export values
In 2019, Ethiopia sold beef worth 19.99m USD, an improvement of 79.98% from 2018's total beef export of 11.107m USD. The annual change in value of Ethiopia beef between 2017 to 2018 was 44.004%.
The annual/yearly variation in the amount of Ethiopia's beef exports between 2017 and 2019 was 47.43% when compared to a variation of 5.96% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Ethiopia's share of the world's total beef's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Ethiopia is ranked number 29 in world exports of beef.
Export markets for Ethiopia beef ( in '000$ )
Ethiopia's top destinations for beef are United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Angola, Qatar and Oman.
Ethiopia bought 453 tonnes of beef in 2019.