Cameroon spent FCFA 45.7billion on fish imports in 2021

Cameroon spent FCFA45.7 billion on fish imports in 2021, according to the 2021 sectoral note on the animal industry and fisheries sub-segment published by the stats institute INS. That year, fourteen countries supplied 60,554 tons of frozen fish to Cameroon but, there were three main suppliers,  the Netherlands, Uruguay, and Mauritania notably. They accounted for over 70% of Cameroon’s fish imports during the said period. The Netherlands was the leading supplier, accounting for almost 24,500 tons of fish valued at just over FCFA22.8 billion. It was followed by Uruguay, the Latin American country that signed a framework agreement with Cameroon,…