The latest national report on Cameroon's foreign trade indicates that the country's trade deficit deteriorated by 7.5% in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period a year earlier.

The document indicates that this trend results from the increase (15.4%) in import expenditure between the two periods, the increase (21.5%) in export earnings recorded during the first 6 months of the ending year. failed to cover the gap. Excluding crude oil, the country's trade balance deficit worsened by 15% compared to the first half of 2020, with imports mainly consisting of transport equipment (60%), pharmaceutical products (34%), machinery and mechanical or electrical appliances (26%), rice (21%), wheat and meslin (17%). With regard to export earnings, up 21.5%, they are mainly represented by crude petroleum oils (39%), raw cocoa beans (13%), liquefied natural gas (9%) , sawn wood (7%), raw cotton (7%) and logs (4%).