71044 v2 Cameroon: Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 2007 GDP 2007 GDP 2007 Share 2007 Trade Membership No. of RTAs/ EIAs (millions) per capita in World Trade per capita GATT WTO Goods Services $21,047 $1,139 0.04% $791 1963 1995 2 0 Cameroon TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ SSA Ranking Decile TP Lower mid inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 117 10 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 75 6 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 164 10 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 84 6 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 107 7 TF IE ‡ Rankings are based on the "representative" indicators (in bold) in each group below for the latest year Outer bound represents best value in latest year TRADE POLICY (TP)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Trade Tariff Restrictiveness Index (MFN applied tariffs)& 14.5 14.3 14.7 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 14.1 13.6 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 16.7 17.0 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 18.2 18.0 18.0 17.9 * Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 * tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 30.0 30.0 30.0 30.0 * Agriculture - simple avg (%) 22.1 22.0 22.0 21.9 * Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 17.7 17.5 17.3 17.3 * duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 14.5 13.7 13.7 13.2 * MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 1.0 1.0 .. .. Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 14.5 13.7 13.0 12.5 * Nontariff measures Agriculture 18.2 17.5 13.9 11.5 * Nonagriculture 13.8 13.0 12.8 12.7 * 0 10 20 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. .. .. SSA Lower mid inc Cameroon Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) .. 1.7 1.3 * Agriculture .. .. 2.0 1.2 * Nonagriculture .. .. 3.9 3.5 * Import duties (% of imports) 18.3 .. .. .. Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) 61.7 62.0 58.4 58.7 * Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) .. 11.8 12.6 13.3 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 * 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) 0.6 .. .. .. SSA Lower mid inc Cameroon Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 3.1 3.1 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 2.9 2.0 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 13.8 10.4 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.1 * MFN duty free Agriculture 11.5 10.6 8.4 5.2 * (exports) Nonagriculture 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.3 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 46.1 50.5 60.7 61.9 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) .. 5.2 3.4 2.6 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 97.8 95.9 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 2.6 2.5 * SSA Lower mid inc Cameroon Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) 2.6 0.3 1.2 3.9 ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used(noted by *). For more infor., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008. ŸMFN: most favored nation; NTM: nontariff measures; MA: market access; ROW: rest of the world; FTA: free trade agreement; CU: customs union; WTO: World Trade Organization GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; WGI: World Government Indicators; ".." indicates missing value; RTA/EIA: regional trade arrangement / economic integration arrangement; & 2007 are preliminary estimates Cameroon Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 158 164 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 162 171 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 172 171 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 95 172 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.79 -0.84 -0.87 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -1.18 -1.03 -1.09 .. SSA Lower mid inc Cameroon WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -1.05 -1.00 -0.93 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.5 2.5 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 2.6 2.6 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 2.0 2.0 * International transportation costs .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Logistics competence .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.5 2.5 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 3.0 3.0 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 3.3 3.3 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 135 137 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 9 9 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 31 7 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 779 995 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 10 8 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 40 33 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 1,473 1,672 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 10.8 11.7 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 0.6 5.1 15.6 18.0 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 6.2 .. .. .. SSA Lower mid inc Cameroon Internet usage (per 100 people) 0.0 0.5 1.7 2.0 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 25.0 28.9 25.4 23.7 * * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 10.2 3.5 0.1 4.9 12 Exports 10.5 0.4 -3.1 2.2 10 10.2 10.1 8.9 8 7.7 8.0 Imports 9.7 7.7 13.3 6.9 6.1 6.2 7.1 7.4 6 Other trade outcome indicators 4 4.9 3.5 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 46.0 51.9 65.7 74.7 2 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 0.8 2.3 1.8 1.9 0 0.1 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) -0.3 2.9 8.0 6.1 Trade Growth Rate Exports -1.3 1.2 5.6 9.0 Cameroon SSA Lower mid inc Imports 1.1 4.6 10.5 3.3 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 81.0 73.5 86.5 89.1 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 43.1 20.9 .. .. Manufacturing 6.6 3.1 .. .. Service, 13.5 Mining, fuel and others 32.6 49.6 .. .. Service share in total exports (%) 19.0 26.5 13.5 10.9 Tourism 3.1 3.4 .. .. Transportation 5.0 5.6 .. .. Other services 10.9 17.5 .. .. Mercha Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 37.9 51.0 46.5 51.2 * ndise, Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 36.0 33.6 33.7 38.1 * 86.5 Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. .. .. Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) 0.0 ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used (noted by *). For more info., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008 ## Most outcome indicators (mostly through 2007) are from the WDI (World Bank, Data Group), UNCTAD or COMTRADE; for filling gaps and 2008, data from the Prospects Group are used.