The Ethiopia Spices Industry was valued at 25.77 million tons in 2024 and is forecast to expand strongly through 2032, reaching nearly 53.27 million tons at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.5% from 2025 to 2032. The market includes native spice blends such as mitmita, berbere, niter kibbeh, and awaze, along with single spices like turmeric, cardamom, fenugreek, and bay leaf. These products are offered in both powder and whole forms, catering to domestic demand and international export markets.
Overview
Chilli was the most commonly produced spice, with a total production of 7.89 million tons in the year 2021(32%) according to Titus and Wojtek (2022). The top five spices producer countries in the world are India, China, Turkey, Bangladesh, and Indonesia in Ethiopia Spices Market 2022. With a long history of spices production, Ethiopia is one of the East African countries that produce and export various spices (2020) with production reaching 244,000 tons per year. Spices production in Ethiopia was expanded between 1995 and 2025 from 107,000 to 213,980 tons with an annual growth rate of 9.5%
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Market Trends:
Ethiopia exported ginger to 48 countries in the world and only six destinations mainly to neighbouring and the Gulf countries but increased rapidly to 17 countries extending to Europe, North and Latin America, South Asia, and the Gulf countries From 2014 onwards, however, the number of countries importing ginger from Ethiopia started to decline. In 2023, Ethiopia exported ginger to only 11 countries of the world because of inadequate domestic production. The largest proportion of ginger was sent to neighboring countries Kenya (41.7%) followed by Canada (23.3%), Taiwan (15%), and the United States (13.8%). These four countries alone accounted for 94% of Ethiopia’s ginger exports in 2023.s
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Segmentation Analysis
by Product
Mitmita
Berbere
Niter Kibbeh
Awaze
Turmeric
Cardamom
Fenugreek
Bayleaf
Others
by Form
Powder
Whole
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Regional Insights:
The spices produced under smallholder in Ethiopia Spices Market are korarima (Aframonum Korarima), long red pepper, ginger, turmeric, cardamom, black pepper, black cumin, white cumin/ Bishops weed (Nech azmud), coriander, fenugreek, c, sage, and cinnamon. However, korarima, pepper, black cumin and cardamom are the four most important spices produced in Ethiopia. The SNNP, Oromiya and Amhara regions contributed respectively 37%, 32%, and 25% to the average annual spice production during the period 2020-2022. The SNNP region is the main producer of ginger, turmeric, and black cardamom, while the Oromiya and Amhara regions are chiefly responsible for the production of chilies and black cumin. Ethiopian food is spicy and the demand is high, the supply is low because of the low level of production and productivity as well as the minimum area coverage of the crops in Ethiopia as compared to other major producing countries.
Leading Ethiopia Spices Market Key Players:
1. Adikap Exports
2. Daniel Desalegn Exporter
3. Sametha Trading PLC
4. YEKUNENI PLC
5. Feed Green Ethiopia
6. Damascene Essential Oils & Products Processing PLC
7. Arki Agro Industry PLC
8. Mawura Trading PLC
9. Berhan Integrated Agro Processing PLC
10. Shochoch Spice and Herbs PLC
11. Bench Maji Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (BMCFCU)
12. Gena Trading PLC
13. Maheder Food Processing PLC
14. Nati Coffee & Spices PLC (NCS)
15. Golden Link Trading PLC
16. Ambasel Trading House PLC
17. Shebatra PLC
18. Abdulsemed Export & Import PLC
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