Taking tobacco cigarettes out of Ethiopia
Cigarettes for personal use may be exported from Ethiopia freely; destination duty-free allowances (typically 200 cigarettes) govern the arrival side.
Details
Cigarettes and tobacco for personal consumption are freely exportable from Ethiopia — excise is origin-paid at retail and no export formality applies to personal quantities. The binding constraint is the destination's duty-free allowance, typically 200 cigarettes (one carton) or 250 g of tobacco, above which arrival duty and in some countries steep penalties apply. Carrying obviously above-allowance quantities can also draw origin-side questioning about undeclared commercial export.
Quantity limits
Personal-use quantities; destination allowance typically 200 cigarettes
The other direction
Bringing tobacco cigarettes into Ethiopia(restricted)