Cameroon - Foreign trade
Crude petroleum was the most expensive export from Cameroon (35%) in 1999, ending up primarily in France. Wood exports accounted for over a fifth of Cameroon's exports (21%). Cocoa (10%) led agricultural exports, while aluminum (6%) led mineral exports. During the 1990s, Cameroon's export-import volume either remained stable, or increased.
In 1999 Cameroon's imports were distributed among the following categories:
| Consumer goods | 9.2% |
| Food | 18.0% |
| Fuels | 15.8% |
| Industrial supplies | 28.3% |
| Machinery | 16.8% |
| Transportation | 11.3% |
| Other | 0.6% |
Principal trading partners in 1998 (in millions of US dollars) were as follows:
| COUNTRY | EXPORTS | IMPORTS | BALANCE |
| Italy | 447 | 75 | 372 |
| France | 319 | 560 | -241 |
| Spain | 259 | 72 | 187 |
| Netherlands | 167 | 50 | 117 |
| United Kingdom | 64 | 68 | -4 |
| Belgium | 62 | 119 | -57 |
| Germany | 58 | 77 | -19 |
| China (inc. Hong Kong) | 57 | 34 | 23 |
| United States | 54 | 83 | -29 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 97 | -90 |