CEEAC : Boosting Trade

• Posted on 2017-10-31

Even though they share the same geographical area, Central African countries face difficulties in doing the slightest thing necessary for living together: sharing. Whereas, according to Marie-Chantal MFOULA, Assistant Secretary-General of the Physical, Economic and Monetary Integration of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC), the Community is endowed with important natural resources and despite this, it remains one of the least integrated regions of the continent... Read more

Transport and Public Works: CEMAC in perfect agreement

• Posted on 2017-10-20

On 19 October 2017, a meeting was held in Douala (Cameroon) between the Ministers of Transport and public Works of member States of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States (CEMAC). The main item on the agenda of the said meeting that was presided over by Mr. Edgar Alain MEBE NGO’O, Cameroon’s Minister of Transport, was the validation of two important documents namely, the community’s transport policy paper including that... Read more

Cooperation: Assistance from China

• Posted on 2017-10-20

Cameroon’s Minister of the Economy Planning and Territorial Development, Mr. Louis- Paul MOTAZE and the Chinese Ambassador in Cameroon, HE Wei WENHUA on 22 September 2017 in Yaounde, signed an agreement in international trade facilitation in Cameroon. From the statistics provide by the Chinese Embassy in Cameroon, trade between these two countries has reached a value of 2.6 billion US Dollars in 2015 which is 1460 billion CFAF, making China the first Cameroon trade partner.

The... Read more

EPA : Phase II Launching

• Posted on 2017-10-20

More than 900 products are exempted from paying custom duties

Since 4 August 2017, Cameroon is in phase II of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed with the European Union and ratified on 22 July 2014 by the President of the Republic. As defined, the ultimate aim of this agreement is to establish a free-trade zone between these two trade partners by the year 2023. This second phase marks the beginning of the elimination of tariffs on group 2 products imported... Read more