MARKET PRICE TRENDS & QUOTES

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All goods are Ethiopian origin, FOB Djibouti, and quotes are accurate as of date of published so please check for latest prices.

    # Date Commodity Grade FOB Price / MT Availability
    1 27/11/2018 Pinto beans Machine cleaned 450 USD 1,500 MT
    2 27/11/2018 White pea beans Machine cleaned 670 USD 1 x 20″ FCL min.
    3 27/11/2018 Humera sesame Grade 1 1,850 USD 1 x 20″ FCL min.
    4 16/11/2018 Desi chickpea Machine cleaned 570 USD 1 x 20″ FCL min.
    5 16/11/2018 Kabuli chickpea Machine cleaned 600 USD 1 x 20″ FCL min.
    6 16/11/2018 Soyabean Machine cleaned 480 USD 1,000 MT
    7 11/11/2018 Red kidney bean Machine cleaned 380 USD 1 x 20″ FCL min.

    ETHIOPIAN SESAME & WPB MARKET

    Data updated each week. Click to scroll.

    1. Humera price trend
    2. Wollega price trend
    3. ECX weekly trading volume trends
    4. Export market trends
    5. Volatility analysis
    6. WPB price trend

    ETHIOPIAN COFFEE MARKET

    Data updated each week. Click to scroll.

    1. Washed coffee price trend
    2. Unwashed price trend
    3. ECX weekly trading volume trends
    4. Export market trends

    Exhibit 1: Long-term Humera FOB export price trends

    Notes:
    1. H1 = 99% purity, H2 = 97% purity, H3 = 95% purity, H4 = 93% purity
    2. Click and drag to zoom in
    3. FOB export prices are break-even prices
    4. Sources: Blue Nile Trading Ltd, Ethiopian Commodity Exchange

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    Exhibit 2: Long-term Wollega FOB export price trends

    Notes:
    1. W2 = 97% purity, W3 = 95% purity, W4 = 93% purity, W5 = 90% purity
    2. Click and drag to zoom in
    3. FOB export prices are break-even prices
    4. Sources: Blue Nile Trading Ltd, Ethiopian Commodity Exchange

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    Exhibit 3: One-year ECX sesame trading weekly volumes

    Notes:
    1. Click and drag to zoom in
    2. Sources: Blue Nile Trading Ltd, Ethiopian Commodity Exchange

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    Exhibit 4: Long-term monthly Ethiopian sesame exports

    Notes:
    1. Click and drag to zoom in
    2. Export data does not equal ECX trading data
    3. Sources: Blue Nile Trading Ltd, Ethiopian Revenue & Customs Authority

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    Exhibit 5: Long-term daily realised sesame volatility

    Notes:
    1. Click and drag to zoom in
    2. One-week realised volatility shown as daily realised price movements
    3. Sources: Blue Nile Trading Ltd, Ethiopian Commodity Exchange

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    Exhibit 6: Long-term WPB FOB price trends

    Notes:
    1. Click and drag to zoom in
    2. FOB prices are ECX input prices, further processing is required to get to standardised export grades
    3. Sources: Blue Nile Trading Ltd., Ethiopian Commodity Exchange

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    Exhibit 2: Long-term unwashed commercial grade coffee FOB prices

    Notes:
    1. Click and drag to zoom in
    2. FOB prices are ECX input prices, further processing is required to get to standardised export grades
    3. Sources: Blue Nile Trading Ltd., Ethiopian Commodity Exchange

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    Exhibit 3: Weekly ECX coffee trading volumes

    Notes:
    1. Click and drag to zoom in
    2. These are popular coffee types to demonstrate trends but not representative of total ECX volume trends
    3. Sources: Blue Nile Trading Ltd., Ethiopian Commodity Exchange

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    Exhibit 4: Long-term monthly Ethiopian coffee exports

    Notes:
    1. Click and drag to zoom in
    2. Export data does not equal ECX trading data
    3. Sources: Blue Nile Trading Ltd, Ethiopian Revenue & Customs Authority

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