All industrial products and a large range of agricultural products may enter Ethiopia duty free. Also, quantitative restrictions are not applied to any of the Ethiopian exports that are eligible for GSP treatment. There are international airports at Addis Ababa and Dire Diwa and the principal airlines which service these airports are Ethiopian Airlines and several international air carriers. As at January 1996 nationals of most countries require visas in order to visit Ethiopia. The risk of contraction is based on a number of factors including location, individual's state of health, current immunisation status, and the local disease situation.
All visitors require vaccination certificates against yellow fever.
International Trade Ethiopia's main export commodities include cocoa beans and products, cut flowers, fruit, gold, gum incense, oil products, petroleum products and tea and coffee. Major import commodities include chemical products, consumer goods, food ingredients, edible oils and petroleum products. All transactions in foreign exchange must be carried out through authorised dealers under the control of the National Bank. Payments abroad for imports require exchange licences, obtainable upon presentation of a valid importer's licence, exchange licences are also granted in any convertible currency requested. All imports require a licence.