Republic of Cameroon

Population: 25,216,000 (2018)
GDP: 38.7 Billion USD (2018)
Total Area: 472,710 sq km (2018)
Agriculture Land: 20.6% (2016)
Forest: 39.3% (2016)


Cameroon is the largest economy in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC). The country has a diversified economy based on her rich natural resources: oil and gas, aluminium, minerals, agricultural products – coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains, cassava (manioc, tapioca); livestock; timber. Cameroon’s industries comprise of petroleum production and refining, aluminium production, food processing, light consumer goods, textiles, lumber, ship repair. GDP growth is expected to reach 4.2% this year after reaching 3.5% in 2017 and 4.0% in 2018. The rebound is driven by three factors: an increase in natural gas production, with a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) offshore terminal coming online; and sustained momentum in the construction, industry, housing, and services sectors (World Bank, October 2019).

Natural Rubber

Cameroon’s rubber plantations were established first by the Germans and then by the French. at the beginning of the 20th century. These plantations were located in the Centre,the South and the East provinces. In the 1980's the Cameroonian Government  launched two smallholder rubber development projects partly funded by the World Bank. Two public agro-industries, CDC in the South-West and Hevecam in the South were the technical operators for the implementation of these projects. Today, the main private agro-industrial entities contributing to Cameroon’s rubber are Hevecam (54,000 ha) and Sudcam (45,000 ha), both owned by Halcyon Agri. Major exports destinations are Europe and the U.S..In 2017, the total production of natural rubber in Cameroon reached 53,000 tonnes .

Synthetic Rubber
Currently there is no production of synthetic rubber in Cameroon.

Government & Other Agencies

Ministère du Commerce (Ministry of Trade) 
Immeuble Rose, Yaoundé, Cameroun 
B.P: 27 Yaoundé  
Tel: +237 222 23 36 06  
E-mail: infos@mincommerce.gov.cm 
Website: www.mincommerce.gov.cm
Ministére de l’Agriculture et du Dévelopment Rural (MINADER)
(Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development) 
Address: BP 1060 Yaoundé
Tel: +237 3222 5166 
Website: www.minader.cm

Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) 
CDC Head Office 
Bota - Limbe 
South West Region
Republic of Cameroon 
Tel: +237 3333 2251; +237 3343 1883
E-mail: info@cdc-cameroon.com
Website: www.cdc-cameroon.com

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Press Releases
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Cameroon Economic Growth Forecast at 4.6% for 2023
Cameroon's economy is forecast to grow 4.6% in 2023, up from 3.8% this year, the International Monetary Fund said late Monday."The authorities' strategy to maintain their fiscal consolidation path, and to reduce fuel subsidies gradually, starting in 2023, while protecting the vulnerable, will help mitigate the impact of recent shocks," Kenji Okamura, the IMF's deputy managing director and acting chair, said. "Continued non-oil revenue mobilization and expenditure rationalization will help...
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Cameroon: Rubber production rose by 15 kilotons in 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic
Cameroon’s rubber production rose by 15,000 tons in 2020, according to figures published by the Technical Commission for the Rehabilitation of Public and Para-public Enterprises (CTR). From 45,000 tons in 2019, the production rose to 60,000 tons in 2020.This performance was achieved in a context marked by the coronavirus pandemic which greatly slowed companies’ activities down. The disruptions caused by this pandemic seem to have been mitigated in the rubber...
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IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review of the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for Cameroon
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the fifth review of the arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Cameroon. The completion of the review enables the disbursement of SDR55.2 million (about US$76.1 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to SDR427.8 million (about US$590 million). Cameroon’s three-year arrangement was approved on June 26, 2017 for SDR 483 million (about US$666.1 million, or 175 percent...