Economy
Ethiopia Gives Khat Exporters 30 Days to Complete Licensing
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AI SUMMARY
Ethiopia's Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration has introduced stricter licensing requirements and a 30-day compliance window for khat exporters.
- Ethiopia's Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration introduced stricter licensing requirements for khat exporters, requiring a pre-license competency certificate and license completion within 30 days.
- The Ministry will stop issuing pre-license competency certificates to existing and new exporters from January 9, 2027.
- Khat export business licenses are scheduled to be issued, renewed, and amended from November 10 to December 9, 2026, with trade licenses processed until January 8, 2027.
- Exporters must appear in person at the Ministry's office in Addis Ababa to meet competency criteria and obtain their pre-license certificate.
- Khat export earnings have declined significantly from over 400 million US dollars a decade ago to 248 million US dollars and recently down to about 180 million US dollars.
- The sector supports more than 3.8 million farmers with annual harvests exceeding 2.4 million quintals.
- A Ministry study identified 283 unauthorized checkpoints where regional and municipal authorities impose additional levies of 17 to 30 birr per kilogram.
- Customs authorities seized illicitly traded khat and livestock worth 2.3 billion birr in a single year.
- Of approximately 4,991 registered khat exporters, only 486 were actively exporting in a given year.
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