# Cameroon Import Opportunities

Explore Cameroon's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $9.7B
- Import CAGR: +4.9%
- Trade openness: 32.1%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $919.5M | +16.9% | 69 | 1040 |
| 2 | HS 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $382.8M | +10.8% | 29 | 3334 |
| 3 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $385.0M | +19.3% | 39 | 1634 |
| 4 | HS 640299 | Footwear: n.e.s. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $110.6M | +22.2% | 42 | 9152 |
| 5 | HS 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $166.6M | +11.6% | 23 | 6337 |
| 6 | HS 890800 | Vessels and other floating structures: for breaking up | $66.2M | +35.2% | 1 | 10000 |
| 7 | HS 151110 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $126.8M | +52.1% | 11 | 3704 |
| 8 | HS 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $89.4M | +17.9% | 29 | 7141 |
| 9 | HS 380893 | Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: not containing substances of 3808.50: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $75.6M | +12.7% | 17 | 8544 |
| 10 | HS 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $340.5M | +12.0% | 15 | 1194 |
| 11 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $97.0M | +16.7% | 69 | 4151 |
| 12 | HS 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds): parts and accessories | $44.8M | +23.0% | 33 | 9574 |
| 13 | HS 842619 | Cranes: transporter, gantry and bridge cranes | $42.8M | +23.3% | 13 | 9839 |
| 14 | HS 760612 | Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | $41.8M | +24.6% | 23 | 8691 |
| 15 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $177.2M | +6.2% | 85 | 2509 |
| 16 | HS 720711 | Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness | $131.8M | +20.6% | 13 | 1525 |
| 17 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $36.3M | +25.5% | 44 | 8804 |
| 18 | HS 252310 | Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured) | $164.2M | +8.9% | 20 | 1636 |
| 19 | HS 940540 | Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.s. in heading no. 9405 | $42.1M | +16.3% | 49 | 8569 |
| 20 | HS 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $42.4M | +14.5% | 7 | 9159 |
| 21 | HS 890590 | Vessels: light, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function, floating docks | $63.1M | +15.4% | 5 | 5062 |
| 22 | HS 851761 | Base stations | $30.8M | +30.0% | 18 | 9914 |
| 23 | HS 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate): in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | $30.7M | +45.7% | 7 | 9552 |
| 24 | HS 281820 | Aluminium oxide: other than artificial corundum | $45.1M | +23.1% | 11 | 5436 |
| 25 | HS 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $40.3M | +15.7% | 68 | 8413 |
| 26 | HS 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $45.9M | +24.3% | 13 | 4385 |
| 27 | HS 670420 | Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, switches and the like and other articles n.e.s.: of human hair | $27.8M | +42.3% | 16 | 9996 |
| 28 | HS 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $49.9M | +6.0% | 34 | 8265 |
| 29 | HS 610990 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of textile materials (other than cotton), knitted or crocheted | $28.6M | +24.0% | 54 | 9691 |
| 30 | HS 110710 | Malt: not roasted | $75.0M | +5.0% | 12 | 3998 |
| 31 | HS 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $32.3M | +30.9% | 5 | 6890 |
| 32 | HS 870423 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), nes in item no 8704.1 | $47.2M | +7.3% | 39 | 6199 |
| 33 | HS 220710 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol: of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher | $49.0M | +25.7% | 16 | 2687 |
| 34 | HS 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $27.8M | +20.1% | 25 | 7642 |
| 35 | HS 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $48.4M | +4.6% | 30 | 5840 |
| 36 | HS 690490 | Ceramic flooring blocks, supports or filler tiles and the like (excluding building bricks) | $21.3M | +58.8% | 8 | 9682 |
| 37 | HS 420212 | Cases and containers: trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or of textile materials | $28.2M | +12.0% | 43 | 9688 |
| 38 | HS 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $27.9M | +10.8% | 6 | 9998 |
| 39 | HS 100640 | Cereals: rice, broken | $36.2M | +46.8% | 7 | 4803 |
| 40 | HS 732393 | Steel, stainless: table, kitchen and other household articles and parts thereof | $23.6M | +16.9% | 42 | 8413 |
| 41 | HS 842641 | Cranes: self-propelled derricks and cranes, on tyres, n.e.c. in heading no. 8426 | $19.0M | +22.9% | 13 | 9515 |
| 42 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $63.3M | +6.2% | 65 | 2312 |
| 43 | HS 620462 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: women's or girls', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $18.5M | +22.8% | 23 | 9778 |
| 44 | HS 540754 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, printed | $17.5M | +59.3% | 8 | 9852 |
| 45 | HS 030389 | Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $99.0M | +14.0% | 42 | 1422 |
| 46 | HS 030319 | Fish: frozen, salmonidae, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.1, excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 | $17.2M | +53.7% | 3 | 9108 |
| 47 | HS 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $29.9M | +14.2% | 13 | 5535 |
| 48 | HS 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | $17.4M | +22.2% | 7 | 9373 |
| 49 | HS 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 | $34.4M | +11.6% | 70 | 4180 |
| 50 | HS 271320 | Petroleum bitumen: obtained from bituminous minerals | $41.7M | +13.5% | 20 | 3466 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.