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Who buys Cameroon’s crude oil? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Cameroon exported $2.7 billion of crude oil (4.6 million tonnes), 0.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (28%), Malaysia (20%) and the Netherlands (19%). Cameroon was the world’s 32nd-largest exporter of crude oil.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
4.6million tonnes
Share of world total
0.2%
World rank
32nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 9 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China768Tonnes: 1,296,420USD per tonne: $59228.5%Sea
Malaysia549Tonnes: 910,318USD per tonne: $60320.4%Sea
Netherlands re-exports510Tonnes: 828,398USD per tonne: $61618.9%Sea
Italy322Tonnes: 570,781USD per tonne: $56512%Sea
Germany224Tonnes: 402,035USD per tonne: $5578.3%Sea
United States137Tonnes: 264,124USD per tonne: $5185.1%Sea
France97.7Tonnes: 182,248USD per tonne: $5363.6%Sea
United Kingdom90.1Tonnes: 139,500USD per tonne: $6463.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2024

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • China 768
  • Malaysia 549
  • Netherlands 510
  • Italy 322
  • Germany 224

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China14.5768
Malaysia0549
Netherlands9.1510
Italy124322
Germany25.1224

Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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