The Government of China has granted an opportunity for exporters in Ethiopia to export duty-free some 1,644 types of products to China.
The duty-free export privilege given to Ethiopia by the Chinese government doesn’t require Ethiopia to reciprocate or allow any Chinese products imported duty free to Ethiopia, according to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration.
Meanwhile most products listed to be exported duty free from Ethiopia are manufactured goods the country is not manufacturing at the moment. These includes parts and accessories of various machineries, electronics equipment, sunglasses, contact lenses, hand drying apparatus, cameras, projectors, electric smoothing irons, warships, vessels, sailboards, vacuum cleaner, soldering irons and guns, sound signaling equipment, etc.
In addition, deposits of cement, ceramics, or glass, metal deposit, rubber deposit, furniture of plastics, ballpoint pens, pencils and crayons, astronomical instrument, microscopes, telescopes, fishing tools, are also among the lists.