Sr. No.

Agency

Area Regulated

Responsibilities

1

Ministry of Trade (MoT)

All import and export goods

• Issues Import Release Permit

• Issues Import Release Permit for Legal-Metrology

Instruments

• Issues Export Release Permit

2

Ethiopian Investment Commission

(EIC) and Regional Investment Bureaus

All goods imported and exported by Investors

• Issues and renews Investment permit

• Issues Custom Duty Free permission letter

3

National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) and Commercial Banks (CBs)

Foreign currency

•  Registers sales contract agreement

• Issues Export Bank Permit

• Issues Foreign currency Approval

• Issues Bank import permit

for:

•  Letter of Credit

•  (Open L/C)

•  Advance Payment

• Approves Purchase of order for CAD

4

Ministry of Agriculture & Natural

Resources (MOANR)

Import of plants, seeds, plant products, pesticides

and fertilizers

Export of animal feed, live animals and meat

• Issues Phytosanitary Certificate for re-export

• Issues Veterinary Health Certificate

• Issues Export Permit for Animal Feed

• Issues pre-import permit for plant & plant Products

• Issues pre-import permit for fertilizers & pesticide

• Issues import release permit for plant & plant Products

• Issues import release permit for list of registered

Pesticides

5

Ethiopian Conformity Assessment Enterprise (ECAE)

Conformity with accepted standards

• Issues Laboratory Test Report

• Issues inspection report

6

Federal Transport Authority

(FTA)

Import of vehicle

• Issues pre-import permit (Criteria specification)

• Issues import release permit

7

Ethiopian Radiation Protection Authority (ERPA)

Import of radiation emitting equipment and machinery

• Issues pre-import permit (Criteria specification)

• Issues import release permit

8

Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Control Authority (FMHACA)

Import & export of drugs, medical supplies or instruments, baby food, supplement food, cosmetics

• Issues pre-import permit and/or Special import permit

• Issues export permit

• Issues import release permit

• Issues free sale certificate/letter

• Issues health certificate

• Issues list of registered drugs

9

Veterinary Drug and Feed Administration and Control

Authority (VDFACA)

Import and export of veterinary drugs and animal feed

• Issues pre-import permit (Criteria specification)

• Issues import release permit

10

Information Network Security Agency (INSA)

Import of communication and security equipment

• Issues pre-import permit (Criteria specification)

• Issues import release permit

11

Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT)

Import of telecommunication and network equipment

• Issues pre-import permit (Criteria specification)

• Issues import release permit

12

Ministry of Livestock and Fishery (MOLF)

Import of live animals, animal products, and export of animal feed

• Issues pre-Import permit for live animals & animal

products

• Issues import release permit for live animals &

animal products

• Issues international veterinary health certificate

for cattle, sheep & goat, meat & meat product, Hide &

Skin

• Issues export permit for animal feed

13

ECCSA – Ethiopia Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Association

Goods Export to Member states of COMESA and any countries which have no preferential treatment agreement

• Issue COMESA Certificate of Origin

• Issue Ordinary Certificate of Origin