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Cameroon Trade Summary

2009

Cameroon exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR CAMEROON 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Cameroon 2009

Exports and imports of Cameroon in 2009 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,732 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 3,789 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,554 products were exported to 107 countries and 3,811 products were imported from 160 countries.

Cameroon top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

Top five countries to which Cameroon exported in 2009 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Cameroon exports to Netherlands worth US$ 494 million, with a partner share of 28.51 percent.
  2. Cameroon exports to France worth US$ 230 million, with a partner share of 13.30 percent.
  3. Cameroon exports to China worth US$ 136 million, with a partner share of 7.87 percent.
  4. Cameroon exports to Italy worth US$ 116 million, with a partner share of 6.70 percent.
  5. Cameroon exports to Belgium worth US$ 68 million, with a partner share of 3.91 percent.

Top five countries from which Cameroon imported goods in 2009 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Cameroon imports from France worth US$ 715 million, with a partner share of 18.87 percent.
  2. Cameroon imports from China worth US$ 442 million, with a partner share of 11.67 percent.
  3. Cameroon imports from Germany worth US$ 175 million, with a partner share of 4.62 percent.
  4. Cameroon imports from Belgium worth US$ 173 million, with a partner share of 4.57 percent.
  5. Cameroon imports from Thailand worth US$ 170 million, with a partner share of 4.49 percent.

Cameroon Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

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 US$ 543,362.63 million.
  2. Cameroon exported Baboen, Mahogany, Imbuia and Balsa wood, sawn l , worth US$ 96,604.79 million.
  3. Cameroon exported Keruing, Ramin, Kapur, Teak, Jongkong, Merbau, , worth US$ 90,610.23 million.
  4. Cameroon exported Cotton, not carded or combed , worth US$ 89,863.72 million.
  5. Cameroon exported Wood, nes sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or , worth US$ 83,917.23 million.

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 US$ 248,729.28 million.
  2. Cameroon imported Frozen mackerel , worth US$ 154,968.01 million.
  3. Cameroon imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth US$ 123,990.78 million.
  4. Cameroon imported Cement clinkers , worth US$ 88,952.56 million.
  5. Cameroon imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 85,141.94 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2009

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2009 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2009

Tariffs imposed by Cameroon in 2009 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 30 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 18.95 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 11.58 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,230,829.36 and duty free tariff line items share was 3.32 percent.

Development Indicators 2009

Key Development Indicators of Cameroon in 2009 are below

  • Cameroon GDP in current US dollar was 27,933 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,440.00 .
  • Cameroon Trade balance: as % of GDP was -3.01.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -841.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 42.18 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.54 .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Cameroon in 2009 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.13.
  • World Growth in percentage was -12.19 and Cameroon Country Growth was -18.99 .