{"id":23117,"date":"2026-01-14T15:11:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/23117\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:11:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:11:06","slug":"ethiopia-to-boost-regional-trade-with-fuel-and-fertilizer-exports-via-djibouti-dawan-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/23117\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia to Boost Regional Trade With Fuel and Fertilizer Exports via Djibouti | Dawan Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"relative group\">Djibouti, 14 January 2026   Ethiopia plans  to commence  exporting fuel products and agricultural fertilizers through Djibouti\u2019s ports, a move that reflects a strategic shift away from reliance on imports toward an export-driven economic model, according to Djibouti\u2019s ports authority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"relative group\">The head of the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority, Abdiqadir Omar Hadi, revealed  the plan in an interview with Djibouti National Television on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"relative group\">Hadi said Ethiopia currently imports  1.8 million tonnes of agricultural fertilizers, but now plans  to export fuel products and  agricultural inputs, with Djibouti serving as its primary logistics gateway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"relative group\">\u201cEthiopia wants to reduce what it imports and increase what it exports. When a country produces more than it consumes, its economy becomes stronger,\u201d he said, adding that Djibouti is ready to support the transition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Djibouti, 14 January 2026 Ethiopia plans to commence exporting fuel products and agricultural fertilizers through Djibouti\u2019s ports, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[63,1100,1104,854,1102,1107,1109,1106,1098,1096,1101,1103,1108,1105,1094,302,83,1099,1028,1095,321,262,65,1097,96,261],"class_list":{"0":"post-23117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ethiopia","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-african-business","10":"tag-african-culture","11":"tag-african-development","12":"tag-african-economy","13":"tag-african-education","14":"tag-african-entertainment","15":"tag-african-healthcare","16":"tag-african-media","17":"tag-african-news","18":"tag-african-politics","19":"tag-african-society","20":"tag-african-sports","21":"tag-african-technology","22":"tag-analysis","23":"tag-breaking-news","24":"tag-business","25":"tag-continental-news","26":"tag-current-affairs","27":"tag-dawan-africa","28":"tag-east-africa","29":"tag-economy","30":"tag-ethiopia","31":"tag-horn-of-africa","32":"tag-news","33":"tag-politics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}