This study attempts to illvestigate the structure alld behavior of import demand illrnEthiopia. To do this both descriptive analysis ami all error Correction Model( EO'vf) arernutilized.rnThe res liltS drawn from the applied Eclectic mode!, siIOW thai the price elasticity of therndemandfor import, though large for some import categories ill the 10llg -/'Un [-1.23 alldrn-1.8 for fuel, and mallufacturing, respectivel)] is cOllsiderably small, and is statisticallyrninsignificant both in the short and long-rul/.rnThe income elasticity of demalld for sOllie categories of imports ( Fuel, MTE and FB T) isrnfound to be insignificant. On the other hand, all categories of import demalld were fOlilldrnto be strongly responsive to foreign exchallge availability. Another important pointrnobserver/from aggregate import demand model is the positive time coefficient.rnThe 11011- significant relative prices alld real ill cOllie elasticities suggest that devaluatiollrnalld stabilization policies lIlay IIOt improve tile balallce of payments positioll of therncOlllltry. Moreover, the positive time coefficiellt implies deepelling import dependency ofrnthe economy as a whole. In general, the results suggest that policies that directly broadenrnexport base, increase export eamings(supply side) alld access to extemal capital inflowsrnare likely to have a cOllsiderable impact 011 imports than those which concelltraternexclusively Oil aggregate demand and exchange rate management.