Summary
- Cameroon → Netherlands
- $1.4billion
- Netherlands → Cameroon
- $141million
- Cameroon’s balance
- $1.3billion
Balance
Cameroon’s trade balance with the Netherlands
Trade between Cameroon and the Netherlands grew 5.7-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Cameroon’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.4
- Imports 0.1
- Balance +1.3
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $224 million | $45 million | $179 million |
| 1996 | $232 million | $51 million | $181 million |
| 1997 | $163 million | $51 million | $111 million |
| 1998 | $184 million | $51 million | $133 million |
| 1999 | $147 million | $45 million | $102 million |
| 2000 | $139 million | $45 million | $94 million |
| 2001 | $171 million | $43 million | $128 million |
| 2002 | $170 million | $64 million | $106 million |
| 2003 | $292 million | $75 million | $217 million |
| 2004 | $154 million | $64 million | $90 million |
| 2005 | $290 million | $67 million | $224 million |
| 2006 | $257 million | $53 million | $205 million |
| 2007 | $258 million | $121 million | $137 million |
| 2008 | $388 million | $249 million | $139 million |
| 2009 | $578 million | $115 million | $463 million |
| 2010 | $583 million | $102 million | $481 million |
| 2011 | $540 million | $145 million | $395 million |
| 2012 | $426 million | $288 million | $138 million |
| 2013 | $409 million | $203 million | $207 million |
| 2014 | $496 million | $179 million | $317 million |
| 2015 | $413 million | $113 million | $300 million |
| 2016 | $437 million | $102 million | $336 million |
| 2017 | $375 million | $142 million | $233 million |
| 2018 | $367 million | $313 million | $54 million |
| 2019 | $722 million | $244 million | $479 million |
| 2020 | $617 million | $218 million | $399 million |
| 2021 | $701 million | $219 million | $482 million |
| 2022 | $1.4 billion | $302 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2023 | $1.2 billion | $202 million | $1 billion |
| 2024 | $1.4 billion | $141 million | $1.3 billion |
What they sell each other
What Cameroon sells to the Netherlands
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the Netherlands 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 Rotterdam is 4,667 nautical miles (8,644 km) long: ≈ 11–14 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover.
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
The Netherlands was Cameroon’s 2nd largest trading partner (10% of its trade), and Cameroon was the Netherlands’ 71st (0.1%).
- The Netherlands in Cameroon’s trade
- 10.2%
- The Netherlands’ rank among Cameroon’s partners
- 2nd
- Cameroon in the Netherlands’ trade
- 0.1%
- Cameroon’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
- 71st
Compare with
Other partners of Cameroon
Other partners of the Netherlands
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.
Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.