Food and agricultural supply-chain services in Ethiopia
Every service serving Ethiopia in one place: cold and ambient storage, freight, logistics, customs, inspection, treatment and distribution.
Ethiopia marketStorage providers
Cold and ambient storage providers in EthiopiaOperates one of the world's largest temperature-controlled warehouse networks, with more than 480 facilities across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific offering frozen, refrigerated and multi-zone storage plus blast freezing.
Owns and operates around 250 temperature-controlled warehouses worldwide, including 19 sites across Australia and New Zealand positioned near ports and major distribution centres.
Japanese logistics group offering warehouse storage and distribution including a cold chain logistics service alongside general ambient warehousing. It operates in Japan and internationally, including bases in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia.
Operates the perishable cargo cold storage complex at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, with refrigerated space (2 to 8C), chilled rooms (15 to 25C) and a deep freezer (-20C) plus temperature-controlled dolly transport, handling flower and other perishable export cargo passing through the airport.
State-owned enterprise operating the Modjo Dry Port container terminal, Ethiopia's largest inland container depot handling most of the country's containerized import and export traffic, connected to the Ethio-Djibouti railway.
Joint venture container freight station and less-than-container-load consolidation warehouse operating inside Modjo Dry Port, providing ambient general cargo storage and cargo consolidation for Ethiopia's import and export container traffic.
State-owned cold chain complex built in the Akaki Kaliti area of Addis Ababa with capacity to store over 2,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables and about 1,000 tonnes of animal products, aimed at reducing post-harvest losses for export and domestic supply chains.
Logistics providers
Logistics providers in EthiopiaKLN Logistics Group (formerly Kerry Logistics Network) is a Hong Kong-headquartered logistics provider offering air, ocean and land freight, integrated logistics, warehousing, customs brokerage, e-commerce fulfilment and cold chain solutions across Asia and beyond.
Yusen Logistics is a Japan-headquartered global freight forwarding and contract logistics provider offering ocean and air freight, warehousing, distribution, customs brokerage and temperature-controlled cold chain logistics for perishable goods.
DHL Supply Chain, part of Germany-headquartered DHL Group, is the world's leading contract logistics provider offering warehousing, transport, distribution and temperature-controlled cold chain solutions for perishables and life sciences.
Nippon Express (NX Group) is a Japan-headquartered global logistics provider offering air, ocean and ground freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution, customs support and supply chain solutions across roughly 57 countries.
CJ Logistics is a Seoul-headquartered integrated logistics provider offering warehousing, transportation, freight forwarding, customs brokerage, parcel delivery and IoT-enabled cold chain solutions for frozen, chilled and temperature-controlled goods.
Melbourne-headquartered logistics provider offering integrated supply chain, warehousing (including ambient, cold chain and frozen storage), transport and customs services across a network spanning around 150 countries.
Danish-headquartered global transport and logistics group operating in over 90 countries with air, sea, road and rail freight, contract logistics and temperature-controlled cold chain services for perishables and healthcare.
Marseille-headquartered logistics provider (part of CMA CGM, having absorbed Bolloré Logistics under one brand) operating in around 170 countries with contract logistics, air/ocean/ground freight, customs and reefer/perishables cold chain services.
Levallois (France)-headquartered full-service logistics company operating in around 166 countries with freight forwarding, contract logistics, distribution/express and temperature-controlled cold chain capabilities.
Abu Dhabi-headquartered logistics and investment group whose businesses include Agility Logistics Parks (Grade-A warehousing), Shipa freight forwarding, delivery and e-commerce fulfilment, and customs digitalization across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.
GXO Logistics is a publicly traded (NYSE: GXO) contract logistics company that operates temperature-controlled and ambient warehousing and distribution services, including for food and beverage manufacturers, with its global headquarters in Greenwich, Connecticut.
ID Logistics US is the United States operating entity of ID Logistics, a French-headquartered global contract logistics group; it was formed from ID Logistics' 2022 acquisition of Kane Logistics and provides warehousing, omnichannel distribution, and multi-temperature site operations from Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Nearly 30 year old Ethiopian logistics provider and joint venture with CEVA Logistics offering customs brokerage with Authorized Economic Operator status, ocean and air freight agency services, ambient warehousing in Addis Ababa with planned cold chain facilities, and its own ground transport fleet to Djibouti, Mombasa, Berbera and Port Sudan.
Logistics company established in 2009 and headquartered in Addis Ababa providing international freight forwarding, customs clearance, project logistics for oversized cargo, warehousing and distribution, and door to door trucking and delivery across Ethiopia.
Freight forwarders
Freight forwarders in EthiopiaKuehne+Nagel is a global freight forwarder offering sea and air logistics, customs, and dedicated cold chain and perishables services across close to 100 countries.
DSV is a Denmark-based global transport and logistics provider offering sea freight, air freight, customs, and project logistics across more than 90 countries.
Expeditors International is a US-based logistics company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and project cargo through a global network in over 100 countries.
Sinotrans is a China-based logistics group and major NVOCC offering sea and air freight forwarding, shipping agency, and multimodal logistics from Chinese ports worldwide.
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is a Germany-based freight forwarder operating in 62 countries with a dedicated perishable logistics arm offering temperature-controlled and reefer transport for food, flowers and edible oils.
Dimerco Express Group is a Taiwan-based, Asia-Pacific-focused freight forwarder providing air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, and contract logistics across China, India and ASEAN.
Nippon Express (NX Group) is a Japan-headquartered logistics company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, perishable logistics and project logistics across more than 50 countries.
Yusen Logistics is a Japan-headquartered freight forwarder offering air and ocean freight forwarding, customs house brokerage, and cold chain logistics with reefer container and chilled/frozen air options for perishables.
CEVA Logistics, a CMA CGM company headquartered in France, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and dedicated reefer and air-perishables cold chain services across around 170 countries.
Kerry Logistics (KLN Logistics Group) is a Hong Kong-headquartered, Asia-based global 3PL offering international air, ocean, road and rail freight forwarding, customs brokerage, project logistics and cold chain services across 58 countries and territories.
Rhenus Logistics is a Germany-headquartered logistics provider offering air and ocean freight forwarding, road transport, customs brokerage and project logistics across more than 70 countries.
C.H. Robinson is a US-headquartered global logistics provider offering ocean, air, customs brokerage, temperature-controlled and project logistics services with regional Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, Singapore and Mumbai.
Mainfreight is a New Zealand-headquartered logistics company providing air and sea freight forwarding, customs brokerage and dedicated perishable freight handling across a network of offices in 27 countries.
cargo-partner is an Austria-headquartered info-logistics provider and Nippon Express Group member offering air, sea and land freight, warehousing and cold-chain transport for perishables, with its Asia-Pacific regional head office in Hong Kong.
Seafrigo is a France-headquartered cold-chain logistics specialist providing temperature-controlled ocean freight, airfreight, customs and reefer-container services for perishable goods across offices on five continents.
Röhlig Logistics is a Germany-headquartered, owner-run international sea and air freight forwarder offering customs brokerage, project logistics and temperature-controlled/perishable cargo handling across more than 35 countries including Australia and New Zealand.
Woodland Group is a UK-based freight forwarder that provides ocean freight, air freight, customs clearance and temperature-controlled reefer logistics for perishable goods from its office in Hayes, Middlesex.
Europa Worldwide Group is a UK freight and logistics company that provides ocean freight, air freight, customs clearance and project cargo forwarding from its head office in Dartford, Kent.
Cool Cargo UK is a Hounslow-based freight forwarder that provides temperature-controlled air freight and reefer sea freight for perishable and pharmaceutical goods.
Gateway Cargo is a Kent-based freight forwarder that provides ocean freight, air freight and customs clearance services from its head office in Strood, with an additional customs office at the port of London Gateway.
Hemisphere Freight Services is a UK freight forwarder with a branch at Skelmersdale near the Port of Liverpool, offering ocean, air, road and project freight forwarding, customs clearance, and handling of reefer cargo.
AIT Worldwide Logistics is a freight forwarder headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, offering ocean freight, air freight, and customs clearance services alongside a dedicated cold chain logistics service for temperature-controlled shipments, including produce.
Freight forwarding and logistics provider headquartered in Addis Ababa handling air freight clearance from Bole airport, ocean freight through Djibouti port and Ethiopian dry ports, customs clearance at multiple border and inland customs points, and project cargo transport by air, sea and land.
Addis Ababa based logistics company providing customs clearance for imports and exports, project cargo handling, Djibouti free zone facilitation, and sea and air freight facilitation between Ethiopia and Djibouti and worldwide.
Ethiopia based freight forwarder using Ethiopian Airlines and international carriers for air freight, and shipping lines including Maersk, CMA CGM, PIL and Hapag Lloyd for ocean freight, plus customs clearance and Djibouti to Ethiopia land transport for import and export cargo.
Customs brokers
Customs brokers in EthiopiaLivingston International is a customs broker offering customs clearance, trade consulting, and freight forwarding. It operates from around 100 networked offices across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Descartes Systems Group provides customs and regulatory compliance solutions, including customs declarations, security filings, Harmonized System classification, denied party screening, and export compliance. It serves customers across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
An Addis Ababa based customs clearing and forwarding company certified as an Authorized Economic Operator by the Ethiopian Customs Commission, handling air and sea freight import and export shipments and inland transportation for clients including UN agencies and NGOs.
A freight forwarding and customs clearing company based in Addis Ababa that coordinates transport, warehousing and customs documentation for import and export cargo moving through Ethiopia.
A privately owned Ethiopian logistics company headquartered in Addis Ababa with branch offices including at the Addis Ababa airport and the Modjo dry port, offering customs clearance and freight logistics services.
An Addis Ababa based logistics company specializing in freight forwarding, customs clearing, project cargo handling and inland transportation for import and export shipments.
Export agents
Export agents in EthiopiaDarling Group grows, packs and exports fresh produce, connecting growers with global buyers through subsidiaries covering citrus, avocados and distribution across Australasia. Its produce includes avocados, citrus, blueberries, kiwifruit and mangoes.
Matipou Exports markets and exports New Zealand apples, combining fruit from its own packhouse with supply from other growers and packers. It handles Royal Gala, Premium Gala and NZ Queen varieties for export and domestic distribution.
T&G Global grows, markets and exports fresh produce, working with growers and distributors to sell in more than 60 countries. It is a major apple exporter with premium brands including Envy and Jazz, alongside kiwifruit and vegetables.
Freshmax is a full-service produce marketer that sources, imports and exports fresh produce around the Pacific Rim, supplying customers on six continents. It handles apples, pears, avocados, bananas, berries, cherries, citrus, table grapes and durian, and develops proprietary varieties.
Eco-Fruits is a Hanoi-based tropical fruit exporter that sources from Vietnamese growers and its own farms, then exports to wholesalers in around 60 markets. It handles banana, durian, coconut, mango, dragon fruit and avocado, plus processed fruit, nuts and spices.
Salix Fruits is a global fruit import and export company working with more than 80 producers across 18 countries and serving around 400 customers in 57 countries. It trades apples, citrus, pears, grapes and other fruit, and provides logistics and documentation support.
Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Ltd is a Scottish shellfish processor that harvests, processes and distributes scallops, langoustine, crab and whelk from its Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire facility to customers worldwide.
Associated Seafoods Limited is the Scottish parent company of Lossie Seafoods and Moray Seafoods, processing smoked salmon and shellfish at sites in Buckie and Arbroath for customers around the world.
Family-owned coffee exporter established in 2006, operating two coffee washing stations, a dry mill and four warehouses across Ethiopia's coffee-growing regions, exporting Sidamo and Yirgacheffe green coffee to Europe, North America and the Middle East.
Ethiopian coffee exporter founded in 1974, sourcing and shipping green coffee from Harrar, Yirgacheffe, Sidamo, Guji, Jimma and Lekempti through commercial bulk export, specialty small-batch sourcing and processing services for local traders.
The world's largest rose grower, operating flower farms near Lake Ziway and Adami Tulu with roughly 12,500 employees, harvesting and packing millions of roses daily for air freight from Addis Ababa to European wholesale and retail markets.
COFCO International is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and serves as the overseas agriculture trading arm of COFCO Corporation, buying, processing and distributing grains, oilseeds, sugar, coffee and cotton through warehouses, port terminals and processing plants in more than 30 countries.
Alvean is a sugar trading company with its Geneva trading hub at Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 4, Grand-Lancy, Switzerland, specializing in origination, commercialization and trading of raw and white sugar for bulk and bagged shipment by container and vessel, with staff across nine countries.
Sucafina SA is a coffee merchant headquartered at Place de Saint-Gervais 1 in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 1977, sourcing green coffee from origin countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia and supplying roasters worldwide through washing stations and farmer certification programs.
ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. Limited is headquartered in Pully, Switzerland and operates as a soft commodity trading group in coffee, cocoa and cotton, sourcing from more than 40 producing countries and running a dedicated risk management unit, ECOM Risk Management, for hedging and client risk advisory.
Inspection and certification
Inspection and certification bodies in EthiopiaSGS is a global testing, inspection and certification company with a dedicated fresh produce service group. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. certification, pesticide residue and laboratory testing, and agricultural commodity inspection through a worldwide laboratory network.
Bureau Veritas is a global testing, inspection and certification group whose food and agriculture division covers GLOBALG.A.P. and food safety certification. Its BVAQ agri-food laboratories in Southeast Asia perform pesticide residue and contaminant testing on fruits and vegetables for export markets.
Intertek is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body operating in over 100 countries. Its fruit and vegetable services include microbiological, residue and contaminant testing plus organic food testing for fresh produce supply chains.
Control Union is a Netherlands-based certification and inspection group present in over 80 countries. It offers GLOBALG.A.P. and organic certification, commodity inspection, laboratory testing, and fumigation services across agricultural supply chains.
Eurofins Scientific operates a network of laboratories across 60-plus countries and is a leader in pesticide residue testing. Its food and feed laboratories test fruits and vegetables against maximum residue levels for export markets such as the EU, US and Japan.
Mérieux NutriSciences runs a global network of ISO 17025 accredited food laboratories. It provides multi-residue pesticide testing and other food safety analyses on fruits, vegetables and other matrices for regulatory compliance.
NSF is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body for agriculture and aquaculture producers. It runs an extensive global food safety audit network and offers farm certification schemes including GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody.
Ecocert is a France-based certification body operating in more than 130 countries, best known for organic agriculture certification. It also certifies producers to the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance standard.
TÜV Rheinland is a Germany-based testing and certification group operating in over 70 countries. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody certification for fruit, vegetable and crop producers.
TÜV SÜD PSB operates ISO 17025 accredited food testing laboratories in Singapore recognized by the Singapore Food Agency. It offers chemical, pesticide residue and microbiological analysis for food and agricultural products.
The Ethiopian affiliate of global inspection group SGS, operating in Addis Ababa since 2014 as a Ministry of Trade accepted third party inspection body providing quality and quantity inspection of goods exported from Ethiopia, including destination inspection and loading supervision.
The Ethiopian operation of global inspection and certification group Bureau Veritas, contracted alongside Cotecna by the Ethiopian Conformity Assessment Enterprise to run pre-export verification of conformity and inspection programs for goods entering and leaving Ethiopia.
A federal public enterprise under Ethiopia's science and technology ministry that operates ISO 17025 and 17020 accredited laboratories and inspection services nationwide, including pre-shipment verification of conformity for exported goods, headquartered in Addis Ababa with a branch at the Port of Djibouti.
Fumigation and treatment
Fumigation and treatment providers in EthiopiaEthiopia's first full-service pest control company, established in 1969, offering fumigation services for importers and exporters to treat cargo, shipping containers and storage facilities before shipment, alongside general pest and termite control.
Addis Ababa based fumigation company treating shipping and cargo, manufacturing, warehousing, milling and agricultural clients against stored product pests, including treatment of shipping containers imported through port.
Distributors
Distributors in EthiopiaOne of Ethiopia's largest importers and distributors of fast-moving consumer goods and luxury products, family-owned since 1932, distributing brands including Mars, Dabur, Groupe SEB and Kellogg's, and operating duty-free retail at Bole International Airport.
Import and distribution company established in 2011 in Addis Ababa, bringing international wine, skincare, fragrance and FMCG brands such as Casillero del Diablo, Lindt and Foreo to the Ethiopian market through wholesale, modern retail and institutional channels.
Packaging suppliers
Packaging suppliers in EthiopiaThailand-headquartered multinational packaging company producing corrugated and paper packaging, foodservice packaging, and fresh-produce solutions, including modified-atmosphere OptiBreath films used to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.
India's largest flexible packaging materials company, headquartered in Noida. Manufactures BOPP, BOPET and CPP packaging films (including metallized and barrier grades) used for food, beverage, pharma and industrial packaging, with manufacturing plants across four continents.
Amcor is a global packaging company that produces flexible and barrier films, folding cartons, and specialty packaging for food, beverage, healthcare, and consumer goods, including fresh-produce, meat, and dairy applications.
Huhtamaki is a global food-packaging manufacturer producing moulded-fibre trays and punnets, flexible films, paperboard, and foodservice packaging, including packaging used for fresh produce and food-on-the-shelf.
Smurfit Westrock is a global paper-based packaging company producing corrugated boxes, fresh-produce trays and boxes, folding cartons, containerboard, and bag-in-box systems.
Ethiopian printing and packaging manufacturer based in Kotebe, Addis Ababa, producing cartons and paper packaging for local industry, including packaging supplied to the flower export sector, and expanding into corrugated carton and flexible packaging production.
Manufacturer of corrugated carton boxes and paper packaging incorporated in 2006, operating a production plant in Addis Ababa and part of the Minaye Group, which also grows and exports cut flowers from Ethiopia.
Waste and recycling services
Waste and recycling services in EthiopiaAustralia/New Zealand arm of the global Veolia environmental services group, providing food organics and garden organics (FOGO) collection and processing. It uses in-vessel composting and forced-aeration to make compost and soil conditioners, and runs anaerobic digestion converting commercial food waste to electricity.
Australian subsidiary of the global REMONDIS Group providing commercial food organics collection and processing. It uses sealed tunnel composting to turn food and garden waste into compost, mulch and fertiliser for parks, agriculture and gardens.
Plastic recycling and manufacturing company operating a hot-wash recycling plant in Addis Ababa since 2014, processing post-consumer PET and HDPE bottles into recycled flakes, monofilament fiber, and other recycled-plastic products for export and local markets.
Small waste-collection and composting operation on the outskirts of Addis Ababa that gathers organic and mixed municipal waste, including food and animal waste, and converts it into compost fertilizer sold to local buyers.