Analysis of Agri-Food Trade Structures
To Promote Agri-Food Trade Networks
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Figure 40: Cameroon's Exports of Agricultural Products, 2005-2016, Million USD
Source: UN Comtrade.
Table 21 breaks down the above trends to the disaggregated product level, looking at leading
export product and destination combinations. For most products, trade is predominantly with
African countries, or with the EU. However, the products for which that is the case only account
for a small proportion of Cameroon’s export basket. For cocoa and chocolate, the EU is a leading
importer, but Asian countries like Malaysia and Indonesia are also important. This trend is even
more apparent for cork and wood and cotton: these agricultural raw materials are in heavy
demand from rapidly industrializing countries in Asia, like China, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, and
Bangladesh. Table 21 suggests that Cameroon’s export pattern at a disaggregated level is largely
determined by geography and preferential market access for most products, but for key
products strong destination demand plays the predominant role.
Table 21: Leading Export Product - Destination Combinations for Cameroon, 2016.
Product Leading Export Destinations
Rice Chad, Congo, Central African Republic, Nigeria, USA
Vegetables
prepared
France, Chad, Belgium, Gabon, USA, Netherlands, UK, Central African Repubic, Canada,
Germany.
Fruit and nuts France, Belgium, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Chad, Germany.
Sugar confectionary Congo, Chad, Nigeria, Gabon, Equitorial Guinea, Central African Republic.
Coffee Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, Belgium, Algeria, USA, Russia, Gabon, Spain.
Cocoa and
chocolate
Netherlands, Belgium, Malaysia, Spain, France, USA, Indonesia, Germany, Turkey, Italy.
Other edible
products
Gabon, Equitorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, UK,
France, Ghana, Senegal.
Crude rubber Belgium, USA, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, France, Poland, Singapore, Slovenia.
Cork and wood China, Vietnam, Belgrium, Italy, France, Spain, Senegal, USA, UK, Turkey.
Cotton
Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Turkey, Nigeria, Portugal,
Germany.
Source: UN Comtrade.
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