Market · Africa

India's exports to Cameroon

US$ 641 mn

in 2025, up 20.3% on 2024. India's 79th largest market, 0.1% of India's exports, 1,535 products.

2021: US$ 391 mn

2022: US$ 492 mn

2023: US$ 481 mn

2024: US$ 533 mn

2025: US$ 641 mnUS$ 641 mn

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What India sells to Cameroon top 15

#	Product (HS 6-digit)	2025	Change
1	1006.30 Cereals; rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed	US$ 175 mn	+21.2%
2	3004.90 Medicaments; consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004…	US$ 60.1 mn	+1.4%
3	7614.90 Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically…	US$ 29.0 mn	+15.8%
4	8711.20 Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with an auxiliary motor, inte…	US$ 23.1 mn	+56.6%
5	1704.90 Sugar confectionery; (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not co…	US$ 21.0 mn	+59.4%
6	7308.20 Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, towers and lattice masts	US$ 19.7 mn	+31.6%
7	1905.31 Food preparations; sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa	US$ 19.5 mn	+140.0%
8	2815.11 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); solid	US$ 10.7 mn	+220.5%
9	0303.89 Fish; frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and…	US$ 10.3 mn	−40.2%
10	2710.19 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not…	US$ 8.7 mn	+59.9%
11	6304.20 Furnishing articles; excluding those of heading no. 9404, bed nets, specified i…	US$ 7.6 mn	+8,202.1%
12	3921.90 Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, other than cellular	US$ 7.4 mn	+35.0%
13	8438.80 Machinery; used in the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink…	US$ 6.9 mn	+269,283.4%
14	3004.20 Medicaments; containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or t…	US$ 6.7 mn	+16.0%
15	3002.41 Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar pr…	US$ 6.3 mn	−7.8%

Who else sells to Cameroon Cameroon's imports, 2023

Product (HS 4-digit)	Imports	India's share	Leading suppliers
2710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, n… 🇮🇳 India22% 🇧🇪 Belgium12% 🇳🇴 Norway9.0% 🇺🇸 United States7.4% 🇬🇧 United Kingdom6.2% 🇰🇷 South Korea6.0%	1.88 bn	22%1st	Belgium 12% Norway 9.0%
1006 Rice 🇮🇳 India55% 🇹🇭 Thailand35% 🇨🇳 China6.2% 🇻🇳 Vietnam2.1% 🇺🇸 United States1.3% 🇸🇬 Singapore0.1%	334 mn	55%1st	Thailand 35% China 6.2%
3004 Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 o… 🇮🇳 India31% 🇫🇷 France24% 🇨🇳 China11% 🇩🇪 Germany5.9% 🇲🇦 Morocco5.6% 🇪🇸 Spain3.1%	250 mn	31%1st	France 24% China 11%
0303 Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish… 🇲🇷 Mauritania17% 🇮🇳 India8.6% 🇳🇿 New Zealand8.3% 🇨🇳 China8.3% 🇵🇪 Peru7.8% 🇩🇪 Germany5.9%	303 mn	8.6%2nd	Mauritania 17% New Zealand 8.3%
1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in… 🇧🇷 Brazil79% 🇮🇳 India17% 🇫🇷 France1.8% 🇲🇺 Mauritius1.1% 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates0.6% 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.4%	121 mn	17%2nd	Brazil 79% France 1.8%
8429 Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledoze… 🇨🇳 China67% 🇮🇳 India17% 🇰🇷 South Korea5.3% 🇹🇭 Thailand2.5% 🇩🇪 Germany1.5% 🇺🇸 United States1.3%	100 mn	17%2nd	China 67% South Korea 5.3%
7614 Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and… 🇮🇳 India92% 🇨🇳 China4.6% 🇹🇳 Tunisia2.3% 🇲🇦 Morocco0.4% 🇹🇷 Turkey0.1% South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands<0.1%	17.3 mn	92%1st	China 4.6% Tunisia 2.3%
7308 Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plat… 🇨🇳 China40% 🇮🇳 India26% 🇮🇹 Italy8.3% 🇫🇷 France4.5% 🇩🇪 Germany4.3% 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates4.0%	58.0 mn	26%2nd	China 40% Italy 8.3%
2207 Ethyl alcohol, undenatured; of an alcoholic strengt… 🇧🇷 Brazil53% 🇮🇳 India23% 🇺🇸 United States11% 🇨🇦 Canada4.2% 🇿🇦 South Africa4.0% 🇳🇱 Netherlands2.5%	56.0 mn	23%2nd	Brazil 53% United States 11%
3808 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides… 🇨🇳 China68% 🇫🇷 France12% 🇮🇳 India8.5% 🇩🇪 Germany3.4% 🇮🇹 Italy1.3% 🇳🇴 Norway1.2%	134 mn	8.5%3rd	China 68% France 12%
8704 Vehicles; for the transport of goods 🇨🇳 China42% 🇯🇵 Japan16% 🇿🇦 South Africa11% 🇹🇭 Thailand9.8% 🇩🇪 Germany8.1% 🇮🇳 India5.6%	151 mn	5.6%6th	China 42% Japan 16%
8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally de… 🇯🇵 Japan54% 🇺🇸 United States5.9% 🇰🇷 South Korea5.7% 🇩🇪 Germany5.4% 🇨🇳 China3.9% 🇮🇳 India3.8%	195 mn	3.8%6th	Japan 54% United States 5.9%

What Cameroon buys most where India has under 5% of the market: openings, or where others are stronger.

Product (HS 4-digit)	Imports	India's share	Leading suppliers
1001 Wheat and meslin 🇫🇷 France28% 🇵🇱 Poland23% 🇷🇺 Russia11% 🇩🇪 Germany8.1% 🇨🇦 Canada8.0% 🇪🇪 Estonia7.9%	296 mn	–not sold	France 28% Poland 23%
8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally de… 🇯🇵 Japan54% 🇺🇸 United States5.9% 🇰🇷 South Korea5.7% 🇩🇪 Germany5.4% 🇨🇳 China3.9% 🇮🇳 India3.8%	195 mn	3.8%6th	Japan 54% United States 5.9%
1511 Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined… 🇬🇦 Gabon33% 🇱🇷 Liberia29% 🇨🇮 Cote D'Ivoire27% 🇵🇭 Philippines4.7% 🇲🇾 Malaysia2.3% 🇮🇩 Indonesia1.8% 🇮🇳 India0.1% · 11th	167 mn	0.1%11th	Gabon 33% Liberia 29%
7207 Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products the… 🇮🇩 Indonesia79% 🇶🇦 Qatar9.6% 🇿🇦 South Africa7.4% 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates2.5% 🇨🇬 Congo Republic1.9% 🇮🇹 Italy<0.1%	152 mn	–not sold	Indonesia 79% Qatar 9.6%
2523 Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), s… 🇪🇬 Egypt29% 🇪🇸 Spain14% 🇩🇿 Algeria14% 🇳🇬 Nigeria9.0% 🇲🇦 Morocco8.6% 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia5.9%	146 mn	–not sold	Egypt 29% Spain 14%
1107 Malt; whether or not roasted 🇫🇷 France55% 🇳🇱 Netherlands13% 🇨🇳 China12% 🇧🇪 Belgium9.0% 🇩🇪 Germany3.6% 🇭🇷 Croatia3.4%	91.0 mn	–not sold	France 55% Netherlands 13%
2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons 🇺🇸 United States78% 🇦🇷 Argentina6.7% 🇫🇷 France6.3% 🇨🇭 Switzerland5.6% 🇳🇬 Nigeria2.9% 🇩🇪 Germany0.1%	75.5 mn	–not sold	United States 78% Argentina 6.7%
2818 Aluminium oxide (including artificial corundum); al… 🇬🇳 Guinea58% 🇮🇪 Ireland17% 🇦🇺 Australia16% 🇺🇸 United States9.9% 🇫🇷 France0.2% 🇳🇱 Netherlands<0.1%	59.6 mn	–not sold	Guinea 58% Ireland 17%
4011 New pneumatic tyres, of rubber 🇨🇳 China79% 🇮🇳 India2.8% 🇵🇱 Poland2.2% 🇹🇭 Thailand1.6% 🇯🇵 Japan1.5% 🇹🇷 Turkey1.4%	56.9 mn	2.8%2nd	China 79% Poland 2.2%
8517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other tel… 🇨🇳 China63% 🇫🇮 Finland9.7% 🇸🇪 Sweden2.5% 🇭🇰 Hong Kong2.5% 🇪🇪 Estonia2.2% 🇨🇿 Czech Republic1.7% 🇮🇳 India0.9% · 17th	55.7 mn	0.9%17th	China 63% Finland 9.7%

US$ million. As reported by Cameroon's customs to UN Comtrade for 2023 (imports, usually valued with freight and insurance), so the figures differ from India's own export figures above. Open a product for its six biggest suppliers. Exportsmitra's figures, not ECGC's.

Growing fastest

Product	2025	Change
1006.30 Cereals; rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed +US$ 30.5 mn	US$ 175 mn	+21.2%
1905.31 Food preparations; sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa +US$ 11.4 mn	US$ 19.5 mn	+140.0%
8711.20 Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with an auxiliary motor, inte… +US$ 8.3 mn	US$ 23.1 mn	+56.6%
1704.90 Sugar confectionery; (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not co… +US$ 7.8 mn	US$ 21.0 mn	+59.4%
6304.20 Furnishing articles; excluding those of heading no. 9404, bed nets, specified i… +US$ 7.5 mn	US$ 7.6 mn	+8,202.1%
2815.11 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); solid +US$ 7.3 mn	US$ 10.7 mn	+220.5%
8438.80 Machinery; used in the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink… +US$ 6.9 mn	US$ 6.9 mn	+269,283.4%
7308.20 Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, towers and lattice masts +US$ 4.7 mn	US$ 19.7 mn	+31.6%

By chapter

10 CerealsUS$ 176 mn
30 Pharmaceutical productsUS$ 83.1 mn
76 Aluminium and articles thereofUS$ 31.8 mn
87 Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolli…US$ 31.0 mn
73 Iron or steel articlesUS$ 30.3 mn
39 Plastics and articles thereofUS$ 29.8 mn
84 Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers…US$ 29.4 mn
17 Sugars and sugar confectioneryUS$ 25.6 mn
38 Chemical products n.e.c.US$ 23.4 mn
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or mil…US$ 19.8 mn

New in 2025

Products India had not sold to Cameroon in the earlier years shown.

2837.11 Cyanides and cyanide oxides; of sodiumUS$ 1.6 mn
2930.20 Organo-sulphur compounds; thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamat…US$ 972 thousand
8438.50 Machinery; industrial, for the preparation of meat or poult…US$ 895 thousand
7316.00 Iron or steel; anchors, grapnels and parts thereofUS$ 497 thousand
8453.20 Machinery; for making or repairing footwear, other than sew…US$ 144 thousand
8702.10 Vehicles; public transport type (carries 10 or more persons…US$ 143 thousand
7208.36 Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in reli…US$ 121 thousand
8443.11 Printing machinery; offset, reel-fedUS$ 115 thousand

Source: UN Comtrade database (United Nations Statistics Division), as reported by India. Values in US$, calendar years. ECGC rating: ECGC Limited's short-term country classification, shown for convenience; Exportsmitra's figures and notes are not from ECGC.