Cameroon Trade

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Cameroon

2018

Overall Exports and Imports

Exports
Exports (in US$ Mil) 3,805
No. Of products 1,193
No. Of partners 122
Imports
Imports (in US$ Mil) 6,134
No. Of products 3,709
No. Of partners 181

Trade Indicator

HH Market concentration index0.10
Index of export market penetration2.30
World Growth4.83
Country Growth8.05

Service Indicators 2021

Service imports (BoP, current US$)2,497,496,800.96
Service exports (BoP, current US$)1,442,871,238.75
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)20.36
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)16.71

Cameroon top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China944 24.81
Italy522 13.71
Netherlands370 9.71
France265 6.97
Spain224 5.89
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China1,132 18.46
France507 8.26
Nigeria342 5.58
Netherlands296 4.83
Thailand259 4.22

Cameroon Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials2,590 68.08 874 14.25 7.43
Intermediate goods706 18.57 1,506 24.56 12.99
Consumer goods470 12.35 2,571 41.92 15.72
Capital goods38 1.00 1,181 19.25 12.42

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports
Petroleum oils and o ...1,553,215.33
Cocoa beans, whole o ...420,453.65
Specified tropical w ...283,052.14
Natural gas, liquefi ...225,339.79
Keruing, Ramin, Kapu ...215,824.64
Imports
Petroleum oils, etc, ...852,699.56
Petroleum oils and o ...311,325.42
Semi-milled or wholl ...242,339.03
Frozen fish, nes239,323.13
Spelt, common wheat ...208,795.48

Tariff and Trade Barriers for Cameroon

Tariffs 2014

No. Of Tariff Agreement 2
Simple Average (%) 18.91
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand) 438,698.64
Maximum Rate (%) 30
Weighted Average (%) 12.70
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%) 2.81

Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI) 2009

OTRI »
Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - MFN Tariff (2009)0.15
Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - Applied Tariff (2009)0.14

Services Service Policy Restrictive Database (SPRD)

SPRD »
Services Trade Restrictions Index - Over All26.40

Non-Tariff Measures (NTM)

No Of NTM Measures...
No Of NTM Affected Products (HS 6 Digit)...

Temporary Trade Barriers Database (TTDB)

TTDB »
Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Simple Average...
Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Weighted Average...

World Development Indicators (WDI)

2021 WDI »
Population25,216,237
GDP (current US$ Mil)45,338
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)1,590.00
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil)-1,657.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP)-3.65

Doing Business

2019 Doing Business »
Ease of Doing Business Rank167
Trading Across Borders Rank186

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA)

2018 CPIA »
CPIA Trade Ratings4

Logistics Performance Index (LPI)

2016 LPI »
LPI Score2.15
LPI Rank148