Ethiopia | Imports and Exports | World | Soap | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023

The value of exports of commodity group 3401 "Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent" from Ethiopia totalled $ 636 thousand in 2023. Sales of commodity group 3401 from Ethiopia went up by 614% compared to 2022: exports of commodity group 3401 "Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent" went up by $ 547 thousand (cumulative exports of commodity group 3401 from Ethiopia amounted $89 thousand in 2022)

Exports of commodity group 3401 "Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent" amounted to 0.022% of total exports from Ethiopia (cumulative merchandise exports from Ethiopia totalled $ 2.85 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 3401 in total exports from Ethiopia increased by 0.019 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.002% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Ethiopia were equal to $ 3.08 billion).

Exports of commodity group 3401 amounted to 82% of total sales of group "" from Ethiopia in 2023 (the value of exports of commodity group from Ethiopia amounted to $767 thousand in 2023). The share of exports of commodity group 3401 in sales of commodity group from Ethiopia increased by 43 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 39% in 2022, and exports of commodity group from Ethiopia were $223 thousand).

The value of imports of commodity group 3401 "Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent" to Ethiopia totalled $ 82 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 3401 to Ethiopia went up by 15% compared to 2022: imports of commodity group 3401 "Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent" went up by $ 10.7 million (the value of imports of commodity group 3401 to Ethiopia was equal to $71 million in 2022)

Imports of commodity group 3401 "Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent" accounted for 0.483% of total import flow to Ethiopia (in 2023, total imports to Ethiopia amounted to $ 17 billion). The share of commodity group 3401 in total imports to Ethiopia increased by 0.05 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.433% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Ethiopia were equal to $ 16.5 billion).

Imports of commodity group 3401 reached 57% of total imports of group "" to Ethiopia in 2023 (imports of commodity group to Ethiopia totalled $144 million in 2023). The share of purchases of commodity group 3401 in imports of commodity group to Ethiopia went down by 9 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 66% in 2022, and imports of commodity group to Ethiopia accounted for $108 million).