| The top ten exported items (consolidated) | FOB values (in million US$) | All years total | % of all years | |||||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |||
| All products-total export | 482 | 453 | 473 | 580 | 615 | 897 | 999 | 1183 | 1543 | 1493 | 2147 | 2543 | 13408 | 100% |
| Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated | 255 | 150 | 167 | 181 | 244 | 353 | 427 | 408 | 551 | 361 | 676 | 836 | 4608 | 34.3% |
| Sesamum seeds | 22.1 | 26 | 32 | 47.9 | 62.9 | 154 | 116 | 131 | 209 | 327 | 294 | 346 | 1767 | 13.1% |
| Semi-manufactured gold (incl. Gold plated with platinum), non-monetary | 27.7 | 35 | 38 | 7.8 | 79.4 | 44 | 51 | 50.6 | 79.4 | 90.5 | 177 | 123 | 803 | 5.99% |
| -Fresh chat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 170 | 239 | 162 | 658 | 4.91% |
| Vegetable products | 68.9 | 54 | 43 | 159 | 6.2 | 67.5 | 86 | 105 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 619 | 4.62% |
| -Roses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96.1 | 129 | 137 | 152 | 514 | 3.83% |
| Dried kidney beans, incl. White pea beans, shelled | 8.6 | 10 | 14 | 9.7 | 18 | 17.9 | 19 | 34.7 | 42.1 | 40.4 | 43.6 | 63.2 | 321 | 2.40% |
| -OX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 35.9 | 75 | 136 | 268 | 2.00% |
| Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits | 6.4 | 14 | 8.7 | 12.3 | 21 | 17.2 | 7.9 | 19.6 | 39.8 | 44.1 | 34.4 | 13.5 | 239 | 1.78% |
| Dried chickpeas, shelled | 0 | 10 | 17 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2 | 11 | 24.9 | 27.8 | 18.2 | 29.3 | 34.7 | 177 | 1.32% |