The Response of Ethiopian Grain Markets to Liberalization



Table 4

Grain

Local
market

Producers’
price1
(birr/qt)
(a)

Assembler
spread2
(birr/qt)
(b)

Wholesaler
spread3
(birr/qt)
(c)

Retailer
spread
(birr/qt)
(d)

Retailer price
for Addis
Ababa
(birr/qt) (e)

Producers’ share
of consumer
price (%)
(a/e)x100

Maize

Bako

80.80

Na

Na

34.30

144.77

56

Shashemene

79.85

15.51

15.13

34.30

144.77

55

White teff

Bako

180.73

Na

Na

32.28

271.64

67

Bahir Dar

168.25

56.16

14.94

32.28

271.64

62

Hosaenna

180.44

10.05

48.87

32.28

271.15

66

White

wheat_____

Hosaenna

123.71

6.50

25.54

66.39

222.15

57

The producers’ share of consumers’ price in Addis Ababa market for maize,
white tef and white wheat (November 1994 to February 1996)


Source: CSA, EGTE and Bako Research Center.

Note:   1The producers’ price are prices received by the farmers at the first point of sale and is collected by the

CSA for different zones of each regional states: Bako and Shashemene fall in zone 1 and zone 4 of
Oromya Regional state respectively, Bahir Dar falls in zone 2 of Amhara Regional State and Hosaenna
falls in zone 3 of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State.

2 The assembler spread is the difference between the price received by the farmers and the regional
wholesale price, wholesaler spread is the price difference between regional wholesale price and the
wholesale price for Addis Ababa and the retailer spread is the difference between wholesale and retail
prices in Addis Ababa market.

3The wholesale prices for maize, white teff and white wheat for Addis Ababa market are 110.47, 239.36
and 155.75 birr/quintal respectively .

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