Ethiopia Customs Guide

Published: Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority, March 2017

The purpose of this customs guide is to provide adequate information on the customs procedures that are in place in Ethiopia. This is in line with the commitment of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA), the government agency responsible for administering customs in Ethiopia, to ensure transparent, reliable and predictable customs services. One of ERCA’s objectives is to implement awareness creation programs to promote a culture of voluntary compliance in the discharge of obligations, based on the understanding that an informed customer eases customs operations, facilitates trade, and helps achieve ERCA’s other objectives.

Accordingly, this guide provides general information about Ethiopia’s customs procedures for internal and external customers, in particular exporters and importers. It explains, in a comprehensible manner, governing rules and other relevant customs information relating to import, export and transit.