Summary
- Cameroon → China
- $1.1billion
- China → Cameroon
- $3.6billion
- Cameroon’s balance
- -$2.6billion
Balance
Cameroon’s trade balance with China
Trade between Cameroon and China grew 88.3-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Cameroon’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.1
- Imports 3.6
- Balance -2.6
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $39 million | $14 million | $25 million |
| 1996 | $35 million | $17 million | $18 million |
| 1997 | $97 million | $30 million | $67 million |
| 1998 | $49 million | $34 million | $14 million |
| 1999 | $76 million | $41 million | $35 million |
| 2000 | $130 million | $48 million | $83 million |
| 2001 | $147 million | $56 million | $92 million |
| 2002 | $111 million | $76 million | $34 million |
| 2003 | $114 million | $94 million | $21 million |
| 2004 | $142 million | $144 million | -$2 million |
| 2005 | $68 million | $157 million | -$89 million |
| 2006 | $149 million | $231 million | -$82 million |
| 2007 | $153 million | $338 million | -$185 million |
| 2008 | $553 million | $431 million | $122 million |
| 2009 | $425 million | $482 million | -$57 million |
| 2010 | $458 million | $578 million | -$119 million |
| 2011 | $663 million | $782 million | -$118 million |
| 2012 | $796 million | $767 million | $29 million |
| 2013 | $315 million | $1.2 billion | -$848 million |
| 2014 | $697 million | $1.7 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2015 | $730 million | $1.3 billion | -$619 million |
| 2016 | $347 million | $1.3 billion | -$993 million |
| 2017 | $518 million | $1.2 billion | -$672 million |
| 2018 | $1.1 billion | $1.4 billion | -$342 million |
| 2019 | $923 million | $1.3 billion | -$368 million |
| 2020 | $810 million | $1.2 billion | -$406 million |
| 2021 | $1.2 billion | $1.6 billion | -$345 million |
| 2022 | $536 million | $1.7 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2023 | $457 million | $2 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2024 | $1.1 billion | $3.6 billion | -$2.6 billion |
What they sell each other
What Cameroon sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What China sells to Cameroon
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Douala and Shanghai is 10,312 nautical miles (19,097 km) long: ≈ 24–30.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Cape of Good Hope; and Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
China was Cameroon’s largest trading partner (31% of its trade), and Cameroon was China’s 94th (0.1%).
- China in Cameroon’s trade
- 31.1%
- China’s rank among Cameroon’s partners
- 1st
- Cameroon in China’s trade
- 0.1%
- Cameroon’s rank among China’s partners
- 94th
Compare with
Other partners of Cameroon
Other partners of China
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.