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Cameroon Trade Summary

2018

Cameroon exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR CAMEROON 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Cameroon 2018

Exports and imports of Cameroon in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 3,805 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 6,134 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,193 products were exported to 122 countries and 3,709 products were imported from 181 countries.

Cameroon top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Cameroon exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Cameroon exports to China worth US$ 944 million, with a partner share of 24.81 percent.
  2. Cameroon exports to Italy worth US$ 522 million, with a partner share of 13.71 percent.
  3. Cameroon exports to Netherlands worth US$ 370 million, with a partner share of 9.71 percent.
  4. Cameroon exports to France worth US$ 265 million, with a partner share of 6.97 percent.
  5. Cameroon exports to Spain worth US$ 224 million, with a partner share of 5.89 percent.

Top five countries from which Cameroon imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Cameroon imports from China worth US$ 1,132 million, with a partner share of 18.46 percent.
  2. Cameroon imports from France worth US$ 507 million, with a partner share of 8.26 percent.
  3. Cameroon imports from Nigeria worth US$ 342 million, with a partner share of 5.58 percent.
  4. Cameroon imports from Netherlands worth US$ 296 million, with a partner share of 4.83 percent.
  5. Cameroon imports from Thailand worth US$ 259 million, with a partner share of 4.22 percent.

Cameroon Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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

  1. Cameroon exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 1,553,215.33 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Cameroon exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 420,453.65 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Cameroon exported Specified tropical woods (OKoume..., etc) sawn , worth 283,052.14 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Cameroon exported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 225,339.79 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Cameroon exported Keruing, Ramin, Kapur, Teak, Jongkong, Merbau, , worth 215,824.64 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Cameroon imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 852,699.56 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Cameroon imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 311,325.42 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Cameroon imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 242,339.03 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Cameroon imported Frozen fish, nes , worth 239,323.13 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Cameroon imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 208,795.48 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Cameroon in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of Cameroon in 2018 are below

  • Cameroon GDP in current US dollar was 39,974 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,500.00 .
  • Cameroon Trade balance: as % of GDP was -3.12.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,245.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 40.59 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 12.06 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Cameroon in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.34.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.91 and Cameroon Country Growth was 7.07 .