Summary
- Share of its imports
- 23.6%
- Value imported
- $206million
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 13
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 4
- Dominated value
- $169million
- Share of total imports
- 19.3%
Trend
Trend in shares
Cameroon went from 6.2% to 23.6% of what the Central African Republic buys
Share (%)
- Cameroon 23.6%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 14 | 6.2% | 3 |
| 1996 | 15 | 9% | 3 |
| 1997 | 16 | 12.7% | 2 |
| 1998 | 9 | 6.7% | 3 |
| 1999 | 9 | 7.9% | 3 |
| 2000 | 13 | 12.7% | 2 |
| 2001 | 13 | 12.8% | 2 |
| 2002 | 12 | 12.2% | 2 |
| 2003 | 15 | 11.9% | 2 |
| 2004 | 14 | 9.9% | 3 |
| 2005 | 32 | 16.6% | 2 |
| 2006 | 20 | 7.7% | 5 |
| 2007 | 23 | 8.6% | 3 |
| 2008 | 29 | 7.4% | 4 |
| 2009 | 24 | 7.3% | 5 |
| 2010 | 28 | 5.6% | 5 |
| 2011 | 31 | 6.4% | 5 |
| 2012 | 29 | 6.5% | 5 |
| 2013 | 14 | 3.3% | 8 |
| 2014 | 26 | 6.1% | 4 |
| 2015 | 39 | 6.2% | 4 |
| 2016 | 30 | 6% | 6 |
| 2017 | 57 | 10.3% | 2 |
| 2018 | 40 | 7.3% | 5 |
| 2019 | 113 | 14% | 2 |
| 2020 | 146 | 20.5% | 1 |
| 2021 | 158 | 24.8% | 1 |
| 2022 | 248 | 28.3% | 1 |
| 2023 | 121 | 14.1% | 2 |
| 2024 | 206 | 23.6% | 1 |
Products where Cameroon sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refined petroleum | Cameroon | 51.2% | China · 38.9% | $105 million |
| Fresh milk and cream | Cameroon | 98.6%over 75% | Poland · 0.96% | $40 million |
| Soups and broths | Cameroon | 61.9% | France · 30.4% | $5 million |
| Wheat flour | Cameroon | 84.9%over 75% | Turkey · 10.9% | $4 million |
| Cement | Cameroon | 73.1% | Republic of the Congo · 26% | $4 million |
| Salt | Cameroon | 97.7%over 75% | India · 1.4% | $3 million |
| Beer | Cameroon | 63.5% | Netherlands · 14% | $2 million |
| Pork | Cameroon | 98.7%over 75% | Poland · 1.4% | $1 million |
| Onions and garlic | Cameroon | 59.6% | Spain · 24% | $1 million |
| Butter and milk fats | Cameroon | 67.7% | Poland · 12% | $938 thousand |
| Candy and sweets | Cameroon | 68.5% | United Arab Emirates · 14% | $878 thousand |
| Aluminum sheet | Cameroon | 68.7% | China · 28.2% | $825 thousand |
| Chocolate | Cameroon | 51% | Morocco · 33.1% | $698 thousand |
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- Cameroon sells 0.01% of what the world exports of refined petroleum; next come United States (11.7%), Singapore (6.3%) and South Korea (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 8,214.7 times what the Central African Republic buys from Cameroon.
- Cameroon sells 0.33% of what the world exports of fresh milk and cream; next come Germany (13.8%), Netherlands (12.1%) and France (8%). The rest of the world exported 304.4 times what the Central African Republic buys from Cameroon.
- Cameroon sells 0.1% of what the world exports of soups and broths; next come United States (20.1%), Spain (5.7%) and Canada (5.4%). The rest of the world exported 1,015.4 times what the Central African Republic buys from Cameroon.
- Cameroon sells 0.07% of what the world exports of wheat flour; next come Turkey (20.1%), Kazakhstan (8.6%) and Germany (8%). The rest of the world exported 1,373.2 times what the Central African Republic buys from Cameroon.
- Cameroon sells 0.03% of what the world exports of cement; next come Turkey (9.6%), Vietnam (9.5%) and Egypt (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 3,506 times what the Central African Republic buys from Cameroon.
- Cameroon sells 0.07% of what the world exports of salt; next come India (13.2%), Australia (12.2%) and Germany (7.7%). The rest of the world exported 1,524.9 times what the Central African Republic buys from Cameroon.
- Cameroon sells 0.01% of what the world exports of beer; next come Mexico (37.5%), Netherlands (10.4%) and Belgium (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 10,511.9 times what the Central African Republic buys from Cameroon.
- Cameroon sells 0% of what the world exports of pork; next come United States (18%), Spain (16.6%) and Germany (11.1%). The rest of the world exported 32,112.9 times what the Central African Republic buys from Cameroon.
- Cameroon sells 0.01% of what the world exports of onions and garlic; next come China (39.5%), Netherlands (10.7%) and Spain (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 9,127.2 times what the Central African Republic buys from Cameroon.
- Cameroon sells 0.01% of what the world exports of butter and milk fats; next come New Zealand (22.4%), Netherlands (14.6%) and Ireland (14.4%). The rest of the world exported 12,983.2 times what the Central African Republic buys from Cameroon.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from Cameroon
The Central African Republic is Cameroon’s 10th-largest customer, with 3% of its exports.
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Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.