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Cameroon Trade Summary

2008

Cameroon exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR CAMEROON 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Cameroon 2008

Exports and imports of Cameroon in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,127 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 4,138 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,441 products were exported to 108 countries and 3,809 products were imported from 152 countries.

Cameroon top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Cameroon exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Cameroon exports to Netherlands worth US$ 395 million, with a partner share of 18.56 percent.
  2. Cameroon exports to France worth US$ 325 million, with a partner share of 15.30 percent.
  3. Cameroon exports to Gabon worth US$ 228 million, with a partner share of 10.71 percent.
  4. Cameroon exports to Italy worth US$ 205 million, with a partner share of 9.64 percent.
  5. Cameroon exports to China worth US$ 160 million, with a partner share of 7.53 percent.

Top five countries from which Cameroon imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Cameroon imports from France worth US$ 805 million, with a partner share of 19.45 percent.
  2. Cameroon imports from China worth US$ 400 million, with a partner share of 9.66 percent.
  3. Cameroon imports from United States worth US$ 261 million, with a partner share of 6.31 percent.
  4. Cameroon imports from Netherlands worth US$ 236 million, with a partner share of 5.69 percent.
  5. Cameroon imports from Germany worth US$ 188 million, with a partner share of 4.55 percent.

Cameroon Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Cameroon along with trade value are:

  1. Cameroon exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 400,325.37 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Cameroon exported Aluminium unwrought, not alloyed , worth 165,103.73 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Cameroon exported Baboen, Mahogany, Imbuia and Balsa wood, sawn l , worth 148,906.75 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Cameroon exported Wood, nes sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or , worth 148,142.15 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Cameroon exported Keruing, Ramin, Kapur, Teak, Jongkong, Merbau, , worth 141,449.85 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Cameroon along with trade value are

  1. Cameroon imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 235,617.31 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Cameroon imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 185,577.66 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Cameroon imported Dredgers , worth 136,277.06 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Cameroon imported Frozen mackerel , worth 114,811.75 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Cameroon imported Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum , worth 94,376.95 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Cameroon in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 30 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 18.72 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 13 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 219,330.50 and duty free tariff line items share was 2 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Cameroon in 2008 are below

  • Cameroon GDP in current US dollar was 27,715 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,350.00 .
  • Cameroon Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.91.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -806.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 56.92 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 15.11 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Cameroon in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.10.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.06.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Cameroon Country Growth was 7.20 .