CDC banana exports reaches 15,712, up 31%

Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC), which has borne the brunt of the Anglophone crisis since late 2016, exported 15,712 tons of bananas between January and July 2023, according to the Cameroon Banana Association (Assobacam). Although the volume of bananas it exported over those seven months is roughly the volume exported by market leader PHP in March 2023 (15,744 tons), CDC’s performance is up 31% (+3,712 tons) year-on-year. Indeed, in those seven months in 2022, the state-owned agribusiness group exported 12,000 tons of bananas. The figures attest to the improvement in CDC’s operations since 2021. According to the CTR (Technical Committee for…