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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · CAMEROON

What Cameroon Trades

In 2023, Cameroon sold about $5.0B of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $8.3B in return. Its biggest customer was Netherlands ($1.2B, 23% of exports); its biggest supplier, China ($1.6B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$5.0B
GOODS IMPORTED$8.3B
TOP PARTNERNetherlands

Where Cameroon sends its goods

Cameroon’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1Netherlands23.2%$1.2B
2France12.4%$615M
3India9.6%$476M
4China7.8%$385M
5Chad5.0%$248M
6Italy4.4%$220M
7Bangladesh4.3%$211M
8Indonesia3.9%$194M
9Spain3.3%$165M
10Belgium3.3%$165M
11Turkiye3.0%$147M
12Germany2.7%$132M
13United Kingdom2.6%$131M
14Malaysia1.8%$90M
15South Africa1.6%$80M
16Nigeria1.3%$66M
17Viet Nam1.2%$58M
19Hungary1.1%$53M
20United States1.1%$53M
21Gabon1.0%$51M
22Congo, Rep.0.6%$32M
23Senegal0.6%$30M
24Equatorial Guinea0.3%$17M
25Ethiopia0.3%$15M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports.

Where Cameroon buys its goods

Cameroon’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1China19.0%$1.6B
2India11.6%$960M
3France7.6%$632M
4United States4.8%$401M
5Belgium4.4%$367M
6Germany3.1%$255M
8Norway2.3%$188M
9United Kingdom2.2%$182M
10Japan2.2%$178M
11Spain2.1%$172M
12Korea, Rep.2.0%$165M
13Brazil2.0%$163M
14Italy1.9%$161M
15Netherlands1.9%$160M
16Turkiye1.9%$158M
17Thailand1.9%$154M
18Indonesia1.8%$151M
19Cote d'Ivoire1.5%$126M
20Saudi Arabia1.4%$117M
21Poland1.3%$112M
22Greece1.0%$83M
23Argentina1.0%$82M
24Morocco0.9%$78M
25South Africa0.9%$77M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 99.7% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.