Current account balance:
$419 million (2006 est.)
Exports:
$4.318 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities:
crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum,
coffee, cotton
Exports - partners:
Spain 17.4%, Italy 13.8%, France 9.5%, South Korea 8.1%, UK 8.1%,
Netherlands 7.9%, Belgium 4.9%, US 4.3% (2005)
Imports:
$3.083 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food
Imports - partners:
France 24%, Nigeria 12%, Belgium 6.3%, China 5.6%, US 5.1%,
Thailand 4.5%, Germany 4.2% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.336 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$3.657 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
in January 2001, the Paris Club agreed to reduce Cameroon's debt of
$1.3 billion by $900 million; debt relief now totals $1.26 billion