Cameroon Exports 2023
Complete list of Cameroon's 127 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$6.76B
Total exports (2023)
#117
Global export rank
127
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Cameroon exported $6.76 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #117 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 127 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 83.9% of total export value. The leading export was petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude, valued at $2.43 billion — 36.0% of the country's export portfolio.
The two tables below list every destination country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All export destinations
127 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | $1.44B | 21.28% |
| 2 | France | $937.07M | 13.87% |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | $899.02M | 13.30% |
| 4 | India | $631.85M | 9.35% |
| 5 | China | $517.14M | 7.65% |
| 6 | Germany | $353.81M | 5.24% |
| 7 | Malaysia | $270.28M | 4.00% |
| 8 | Spain | $231.52M | 3.43% |
| 9 | Italy | $207.05M | 3.06% |
| 10 | United Kingdom | $185.11M | 2.74% |
| 11 | Belgium | $160.09M | 2.37% |
| 12 | USA | $136.61M | 2.02% |
| 13 | Central African Rep. | $114.96M | 1.70% |
| 14 | Türkiye | $86.72M | 1.28% |
| 15 | South Africa | $80.87M | 1.20% |
| 16 | Other Asia, nes | $76.41M | 1.13% |
| 17 | Indonesia | $76.26M | 1.13% |
| 18 | Uganda | $72.74M | 1.08% |
| 19 | Singapore | $27.79M | 0.41% |
| 20 | Senegal | $24.86M | 0.37% |
| 21 | Gabon | $22.40M | 0.33% |
| 22 | Czechia | $20.98M | 0.31% |
| 23 | Portugal | $16.33M | 0.24% |
| 24 | Slovakia | $16.17M | 0.24% |
| 25 | Ireland | $12.78M | 0.19% |
| 26 | Canada | $12.15M | 0.18% |
| 27 | Poland | $8.95M | 0.13% |
| 28 | Switzerland | $8.86M | 0.13% |
| 29 | Dominican Rep. | $8.60M | 0.13% |
| 30 | Japan | $8.50M | 0.13% |
| 31 | Greece | $8.48M | 0.13% |
| 32 | Uruguay | $8.34M | 0.12% |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | $6.49M | 0.10% |
| 34 | Nigeria | $5.79M | 0.09% |
| 35 | Brazil | $5.56M | 0.08% |
| 36 | Luxembourg | $5.25M | 0.08% |
| 37 | Pakistan | $4.45M | 0.07% |
| 38 | Austria | $3.76M | 0.06% |
| 39 | Morocco | $3.57M | 0.05% |
| 40 | Estonia | $2.61M | 0.04% |
| 41 | Mauritius | $2.27M | 0.03% |
| 42 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $2.16M | 0.03% |
| 43 | Ukraine | $1.89M | 0.03% |
| 44 | Finland | $1.87M | 0.03% |
| 45 | Lebanon | $1.86M | 0.03% |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | $1.75M | 0.03% |
| 47 | Thailand | $1.69M | 0.02% |
| 48 | Benin | $1.68M | 0.02% |
| 49 | Denmark | $1.62M | 0.02% |
| 50 | Slovenia | $1.51M | 0.02% |
| 51 | Egypt | $1.48M | 0.02% |
| 52 | Lithuania | $1.32M | 0.02% |
| 53 | Romania | $1.30M | 0.02% |
| 54 | Angola | $1.24M | 0.02% |
| 55 | Tunisia | $1.23M | 0.02% |
| 56 | Philippines | $980,227 | 0.01% |
| 57 | Hungary | $974,455 | 0.01% |
| 58 | Nicaragua | $918,734 | 0.01% |
| 59 | Qatar | $884,515 | 0.01% |
| 60 | Cyprus | $786,622 | 0.01% |
| 61 | Kuwait | $716,887 | 0.01% |
| 62 | Serbia | $612,922 | 0.01% |
| 63 | Australia | $592,784 | 0.01% |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | $538,738 | 0.01% |
| 65 | Malta | $490,502 | 0.01% |
| 66 | Jordan | $468,505 | 0.01% |
| 67 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $443,989 | 0.01% |
| 68 | Sri Lanka | $435,210 | 0.01% |
| 69 | Sweden | $401,398 | 0.01% |
| 70 | Norway | $369,705 | 0.01% |
| 71 | New Zealand | $353,687 | 0.01% |
| 72 | Israel | $342,014 | 0.01% |
| 73 | Mozambique | $316,000 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Bulgaria | $253,314 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Togo | $242,740 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Peru | $241,615 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Liberia | $235,897 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Maldives | $222,596 | 0.00% |
| 79 | China, Macao SAR | $211,778 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Bahrain | $188,578 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Albania | $177,744 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Armenia | $172,396 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Rep. of Moldova | $171,971 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Kenya | $171,335 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Ghana | $154,913 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Myanmar | $148,488 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Zambia | $135,595 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Guatemala | $134,148 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Ethiopia | $108,805 | 0.00% |
| 90 | El Salvador | $93,182 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Argentina | $89,511 | 0.00% |
| 92 | Oman | $86,509 | 0.00% |
| 93 | Mexico | $82,746 | 0.00% |
| 94 | Madagascar | $77,474 | 0.00% |
| 95 | Malawi | $54,621 | 0.00% |
| 96 | Croatia | $53,462 | 0.00% |
| 97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $50,892 | 0.00% |
| 98 | Namibia | $45,987 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Iceland | $43,396 | 0.00% |
| 100 | Costa Rica | $41,764 | 0.00% |
| 101 | Montenegro | $37,512 | 0.00% |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | $36,599 | 0.00% |
| 103 | Sao Tome and Principe | $29,960 | 0.00% |
| 104 | Niger | $29,380 | 0.00% |
| 105 | Colombia | $27,969 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Fiji | $20,423 | 0.00% |
| 107 | Botswana | $20,157 | 0.00% |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | $16,841 | 0.00% |
| 109 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $11,688 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Guyana | $9,411 | 0.00% |
| 111 | Honduras | $9,183 | 0.00% |
| 112 | Samoa | $8,599 | 0.00% |
| 113 | Zimbabwe | $3,540 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Brunei Darussalam | $2,119 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | $1,371 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Gambia | $1,314 | 0.00% |
| 117 | Chile | $874 | 0.00% |
| 118 | Mauritania | $804 | 0.00% |
| 119 | North Macedonia | $781 | 0.00% |
| 120 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $758 | 0.00% |
| 121 | Paraguay | $697 | 0.00% |
| 122 | Latvia | $540 | 0.00% |
| 123 | Ecuador | $456 | 0.00% |
| 124 | Dominica | $156 | 0.00% |
| 125 | Andorra | $57 | 0.00% |
| 126 | Cambodia | $55 | 0.00% |
| 127 | Cabo Verde | $53 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $2.43B | 35.97% |
| 2 | 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $1.12B | 16.63% |
| 3 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $951.37M | 14.08% |
| 4 | 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $719.19M | 10.64% |
| 5 | 440729 | Wood, tropical, n.e.c. in item no. 4407.2, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $276.75M | 4.10% |
| 6 | 080390 | Fruit, edible: bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried | $139.54M | 2.06% |
| 7 | 440349 | Wood, tropical: other than dark red meranti, light red meranti and meranti bakau, in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated | $133.79M | 1.98% |
| 8 | 440727 | Wood, tropical: sapelli, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm | $126.31M | 1.87% |
| 9 | 180400 | Cocoa: butter, fat and oil | $104.05M | 1.54% |
| 10 | 440728 | Wood, tropical: iroko, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm | $69.89M | 1.03% |
| 11 | 760110 | Aluminium: unwrought, (not alloyed) | $68.95M | 1.02% |
| 12 | 180320 | Cocoa: paste, wholly or partly defatted | $68.85M | 1.02% |
| 13 | 180310 | Cocoa: paste, not defatted | $59.16M | 0.88% |
| 14 | 271000 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils | $54.66M | 0.81% |
| 15 | 440839 | Wood, of tropical wood: as in Subheading note 2 to this Chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 4408.31, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn length wise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not thicker than 6mm | $54.21M | 0.80% |
| 16 | 400122 | Rubber: technically specified natural rubber (TSNR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip (excluding latex and smoked sheets) | $38.49M | 0.57% |
| 17 | 520100 | Cotton: not carded or combed | $37.44M | 0.55% |
| 18 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $28.40M | 0.42% |
| 19 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $15.49M | 0.23% |
| 20 | 740319 | Copper: refined, unwrought, n.e.c. in item no. 7403.1 | $11.68M | 0.17% |
| 21 | 440799 | Wood: sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness exceeding 6mm, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, n.e.c. in heading no. 4407 | $10.99M | 0.16% |
| 22 | 400110 | Rubber: natural rubber latex, whether or not pre-vulcanised, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $10.74M | 0.16% |
| 23 | 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | $9.00M | 0.13% |
| 24 | 701090 | Glass: carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers of glass, (not ampoules), used for the conveyance or packing of goods | $8.50M | 0.13% |
| 25 | 252390 | Cement: hydraulic kinds n.e.c. in heading no. 2523 | $7.82M | 0.12% |
| 26 | 440890 | Wood: n.e.c. in heading no. 4408, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not exceeding 6mm in thickness | $7.72M | 0.11% |
| 27 | 240110 | Tobacco, (not stemmed or stripped) | $7.62M | 0.11% |
| 28 | 760611 | Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, (not alloyed), rectangular (including square) | $7.49M | 0.11% |
| 29 | 780199 | Lead: unwrought, unrefined, not containing by weight antimony as the principal other element | $6.80M | 0.10% |
| 30 | 890800 | Vessels and other floating structures: for breaking up | $6.00M | 0.09% |
| 31 | 440399 | Wood: in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated, n.e.c. in heading no. 4403 | $5.68M | 0.08% |
| 32 | 250100 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt): pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution: sea water | $5.48M | 0.08% |
| 33 | 400129 | Rubber: natural (excluding latex, technically specified natural rubber and smoked sheets), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $4.41M | 0.07% |
| 34 | 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $3.55M | 0.05% |
| 35 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $3.29M | 0.05% |
| 36 | 441231 | Plywood: consisting only of sheets of wood (not bamboo), each ply 6mm or thinner, with at least one outer ply of tropical wood | $3.22M | 0.05% |
| 37 | 740321 | Copper: copper-zinc base alloys (brass) unwrought | $2.97M | 0.04% |
| 38 | 400211 | Rubber: synthetic, styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and carboxylated styrene-butadiene rubber (XSBR) latex, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $2.70M | 0.04% |
| 39 | 440922 | Wood: tropical (including unassembled strips and friezes for parquet flooring), continuously shaped along any edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed | $2.60M | 0.04% |
| 40 | 780191 | Lead: unwrought, unrefined, containing by weight antimony as the principal other element | $2.55M | 0.04% |
| 41 | 441899 | Wood: builders' joinery and carpentry of wood n.e.c. in heading no. 4418, other than of bamboo | $2.38M | 0.04% |
| 42 | 200559 | Vegetable preparations: beans, (not shelled), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen | $2.33M | 0.03% |
| 43 | 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous: onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | $2.31M | 0.03% |
| 44 | 200599 | Vegetable preparations: vegetables and mixtures of vegetables n.e.c. in heading no. 2005, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen | $2.11M | 0.03% |
| 45 | 441299 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood (other than blockboard, laminboard and battenboard, other than of bamboo, and other than plywood consisting only of sheets of wood each ply 6mm or thinner) | $1.97M | 0.03% |
| 46 | 200899 | Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants: prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit, n.e.c. in heading no. 2008 | $1.95M | 0.03% |
| 47 | 030572 | Fish: edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws | $1.90M | 0.03% |
| 48 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $1.80M | 0.03% |
| 49 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $1.77M | 0.03% |
| 50 | 071080 | Vegetables: uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, n.e.c. in heading no. 0710, frozen | $1.54M | 0.02% |
| 51 | 030617 | Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $1.52M | 0.02% |
| 52 | 081090 | Fruit, edible: fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | $1.47M | 0.02% |
| 53 | 152190 | Waxes, other than vegetable, n.e.c. in heading no. 1521: whether or not refined or coloured | $1.47M | 0.02% |
| 54 | 853670 | Connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables | $1.42M | 0.02% |
| 55 | 970110 | Paintings, drawings and pastels: executed entirely by hand, other than drawings of heading no. 4906 | $1.38M | 0.02% |
| 56 | 392310 | Plastics: boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packing of goods | $1.34M | 0.02% |
| 57 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $1.29M | 0.02% |
| 58 | 440711 | Wood: coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $1.27M | 0.02% |
| 59 | 440791 | Wood: oak (Quercus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm | $1.26M | 0.02% |
| 60 | 870510 | Vehicles: crane lorries | $1.25M | 0.02% |
| 61 | 121190 | Plants and parts (including seeds and fruits) n.e.c. in heading no. 1211, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered | $1.24M | 0.02% |
| 62 | 340119 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, not for toilet use | $1.22M | 0.02% |
| 63 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $1.13M | 0.02% |
| 64 | 030353 | Fish: frozen, sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $1.10M | 0.02% |
| 65 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $1.09M | 0.02% |
| 66 | 120999 | Seeds: n.e.c. in heading 1209, of a kind used for sowing | $1.07M | 0.02% |
| 67 | 442199 | Wood: not of bamboo, articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4414 to 4420 (excluding clothes hangers) | $1.00M | 0.01% |
| 68 | 080430 | Fruit, edible: pineapples, fresh or dried | $999,051 | 0.01% |
| 69 | 210390 | Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | $990,831 | 0.01% |
| 70 | 110620 | Flour, meal and powder: of sago or of roots or tubers of heading no. 0714 | $990,175 | 0.01% |
| 71 | 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | $954,355 | 0.01% |
| 72 | 870590 | Vehicles: break-down lorries, road-sweepers, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units, and other special purpose vehicles n.e.c. in heading no. 8705 | $891,699 | 0.01% |
| 73 | 440712 | Wood: coniferous species, of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $834,590 | 0.01% |
| 74 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $822,428 | 0.01% |
| 75 | 441300 | Wood: densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes | $821,319 | 0.01% |
| 76 | 071410 | Vegetable roots and tubers: manioc (cassava), with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets | $798,451 | 0.01% |
| 77 | 120799 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits: n.e.c. in heading no. 1207, whether or not broken | $769,338 | 0.01% |
| 78 | 030349 | Fish: frozen, tuna, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.4, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $731,092 | 0.01% |
| 79 | 731021 | Cans: which are to be closed by soldering or crimping, for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), less than 50l capacity, of iron or steel | $721,943 | 0.01% |
| 80 | 730419 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron or stainless steel): seamless, line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines | $703,611 | 0.01% |
| 81 | 640299 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $700,781 | 0.01% |
| 82 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $688,623 | 0.01% |
| 83 | 760612 | Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | $664,708 | 0.01% |
| 84 | 711292 | Waste and scrap of precious metals: of platinum, including metal clad with platinum but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals | $663,303 | 0.01% |
| 85 | 441990 | Tableware and kitchenware, of wood: not of bamboo | $657,358 | 0.01% |
| 86 | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | $642,462 | 0.01% |
| 87 | 170410 | Sugar confectionery: chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated, not containing cocoa | $620,022 | 0.01% |
| 88 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $590,437 | 0.01% |
| 89 | 180632 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars, (not filled), weighing 2kg or less | $579,803 | 0.01% |
| 90 | 441239 | Plywood: consisting only of sheets of wood (not bamboo), each ply 6mm or thinner, with both outer plies of coniferous wood | $564,771 | 0.01% |
| 91 | 440929 | Wood: non-coniferous, other than bamboo or tropical wood, (including unassembled strips and friezes for parquet flooring), continuously shaped along any edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed | $560,659 | 0.01% |
| 92 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $550,300 | 0.01% |
| 93 | 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.c. in heading no. 1901 | $546,255 | 0.01% |
| 94 | 841350 | Pumps: reciprocating positive displacement pumps, n.e.c. in heading no. 8413, for liquids | $511,813 | 0.01% |
| 95 | 120740 | Oil seeds: sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | $508,628 | 0.01% |
| 96 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $506,161 | 0.01% |
| 97 | 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $504,557 | 0.01% |
| 98 | 730840 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering or pit-propping | $501,928 | 0.01% |
| 99 | 040229 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $492,440 | 0.01% |
| 100 | 854232 | Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $492,093 | 0.01% |