What is the price of cassava per kilogram/pound in Cameroon today?
The retail price range for Cameroon cassava is between US$ 2.91 and US$ 3.88 per kilogram or between US$ 1.32 and US$ 1.76 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cassava in Cameroon
The retail price range in CFA Franc BEAC for cassava is between XAF 1,817.81 and XAF 2,423.75 per kilogram or between XAF 824.40 and XAF 1,099.21 per pound(lb) in Yaoundé and Douala.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Cameroon cassava is between US$ 2.04 and US$ 2.71 per kilogram or between US$ 0.92 and US$ 1.23 per pound(lb).
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Cameroon Cassava Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Cassava from Cameroon has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2021, the price was 0.10 US$ per kg, which is a decrease of 0.08 US$ per kg from the price in 2016. The price in 2020 was 0.18 US$ per kg, a decrease of 0.07 US$ per kg from 2019. In 2019, the price was 0.15 US$ per kg, a decrease of 0.01 US$ per kg from 2018. In 2018, the price was 0.14 US$ per kg, a decrease of 0.11 US$ per kg from 2017. In 2017, the price was 0.22 US$ per kg, a decrease of 0.17 US$ per kg from 2016. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Cassava from Cameroon will be 0.09 US$ per kg in 2023 and 0.08 US$ per kg in 2024.The cassava exports from Cameroon are categorised as:
- Fresh, chilled, frozen or dried roots and tubers of manioc "cassava", whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071410)
Cameroon Cassava Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Cassava into Cameroon has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2016, the price was 0.25 US$ per kg, followed by 0.22 US$ per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price dropped to 0.14 US$ per kg and further decreased to 0.15 US$ per kg in 2019. The price then increased slightly to 0.18 US$ per kg in 2020, before dropping to 0.1 US$ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Cassava into Cameroon will be 0.08 US$ per kg in 2023 and 0.06 US$ per kg in 2024.Export values for Cameroon cassava
The total values in export for cassava in Cameroon were US$ 104, US$ 1,907 and US$ 2,141 in US dollar thousand for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Tubers category in Cameroon: Seed Potatoes, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Yams, Taro (Arrowroot), Licorice roots, Ginseng roots, Chicory roots & Cocoyam.
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Cameroon cassava - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Cameroon exported 2,940 tonnes of cassava. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for Cameroon cassava (tubers category) has escalated, changing by 12.773 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cassava's exports went up by 511.23% earning Cameroon US$2.14m for the year 2019. Cameroon's cassava exports are categorised as:
- Fresh, chilled, frozen or dried roots and tubers of manioc "cassava", whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071410)
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Cameroon cassava export values
In 2019, Cameroon exported cassava valued at 2.14m USD, a growth of 12.22% from 2018's total cassava export of 1.907m USD. The annual growth in value of Cameroon cassava between 2017 to 2018 was 1733.654 percent.
The yearly variation in the amount of Cameroon's cassava exports between 2017 and 2019 was 511.23% in comparison to a variation of 12.773% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Cameroon cassava ( in '000$ )
Cameroon's best performing export markets for cassava are Belgium, France, Portugal, the Netherlands and Canada.
Cameroon purchased 0 tonnes of cassava in 2019.
Production
The production of cassava in Cameroon was 6,092,549 tonnes in 2019 and is forecast to change by an average of 4.96%. The country had an estimated 407,017.00 hectares under cassava cultivation.