Data from China Customs shows that in 2021, Ethiopia imported various types of crane equipment from China worth 4.382 million US dollars. Compared with the total import value of 3.081 million in 2020, it has increased by 42.2%. From the time line, Ethiopia’s imports in February 2021 experienced explosive growth, and the month’s imports accounted for 39% of the year’s total imports. From the perspective of the trend, the probability of Ethiopia’s high growth in 2022 is not high. For Chinese crane suppliers, how to get more orders from Ethiopia will be a question worth pondering.

Ethiopia's import value of cranes imported from China from January to December 2021/2020
Ethiopia’s import value of cranes imported from China from January to December 2021/2020

Ethiopia’s import value of cranes from China by month
2020 2021
01 389924.00 301541.00
02 272940.00 1716998.00
03 232055.00 214670.00
04 57116.00 543752.00
05 938093.00 8576.00
06 250213.00 83768.00
07 188699.00 419872.00
08 273210.00 580194.00
09 66756.00 110472.00
10 200033.00 131379.00
11 140246.00 242940.00
12 71941.00 27422.00
Total 3081226.00 4381584.00
Statistics of imported cranes in Ethiopia in 2021 by category
As can be seen from the data in the table below, the crane categories that Ethiopia will import from China with the highest value in 2021 are Crawler Crane, Tower Crane, Other lifts and tipping cranes. Among the types of cranes that Ethiopia needs to import, the types of cranes that Dongqi can provide include: bridge cranes, gantry cranes, jib cranes, and electric hoists. It can be seen that the import value of bridge cranes ranks fourth, the import value of gantry cranes ranks fifth, and the import value of electric hoists ranks sixth. As an excellent crane supplier in China, Dongqi Crane can independently complete the installation and after-sales service of the above types of cranes in Ethiopia.

Commodity code Crane Type Import value
Total 4381584.00
84264910 Crawler Crane 1425309.00
84262000 Tower Crane 1159267.00
84281090 Other lifts and tipping cranes 647161.00
84261120 Universal Overhead Crane 623470.00
84261930 Gantry Crane 171402.00
84251100 Electric Pulleys and Hoists 151538.00
84313100 Parts of lifts, tipping cranes or escalators 150755.00
84251900 Non-electric trolleys and hoists 47198.00
84269900 Unlisted Crane 3429.00
84263000 Portal Crane and Pedestal Jib Crane 2055.00
84261190 Overhead mobile cranes with other fixed supports
84261990 Unlisted bridge cranes and mobile spreaders and straddle carriers
84264110 Rubber-mounted self-propelled crane
84264190 Other self-propelled hoists with rubber wheels
84264990 Other self-propelled hoists without rubber wheels
84269100 Other cranes for installation on road vehicles
Import volume of various types of cranes in Ethiopia in 2021
Commodity code Crane Type Quantity
Total 48463
84313100 Parts of lifts, tipping cranes or escalators 47939
84251900 Non-electric trolleys and hoists 312
84251100 Electric Pulleys and Hoists 94
84281090 Other lifts and tipping cranes 46
84261120 Universal Overhead Crane 27
84269900 Unlisted Crane 26
84262000 Tower Crane 10
84261930 Gantry Crane 5
84263000 Portal Crane and Pedestal Jib Crane 3
84264910 Crawler Crane 1
84261190 Overhead mobile cranes with other fixed supports
84261990 Unlisted bridge cranes and mobile spreaders and straddle carriers
84264110 Rubber-mounted self-propelled crane
84264190 Other self-propelled hoists with rubber wheels
84264990 Other self-propelled hoists without rubber wheels
84269100 Other cranes for installation on road vehicles
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Statistics of Ethiopia’s import of cranes from China in 2021