Last month, Cameroon’s banana exports rose by an impressive 34 per cent compared with July 2025, with more than 20,000 tonnes shipped
Cameroon recorded a sharp increase in banana exports during the month of July, according to Business In Cameroon, with shipments rising for all three main producers in the country.
According to data from the Cameroon Banana Association (Assobacam), producers exported a combined 20,577 tonnes last month, up 34.1 per cent from 15,336 tonnes in July 2025.
The most significant increase was by Compagnie des Bananes de Mondoni (CDBM), the second Cameroonian subsidiary of France’s Compagnie Fruitière. According to Assobacam, CDBM exported 3,313 tonnes last month, a 96.6 per cent increase over last year.
Compagnie Fruitière’s main subsidiary in Cameroon, Plantations du Haut Penja (PHP), grew its exports by 33 per cent during the same period, to 13,577 tonnes.
Together, Compagnie Fruitière’s local subsidiaries accounted for 82 per cent of Cameroon’s banana exports over the month, with the remaining 18 per cent coming from the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC), the industry’s only state-owned operator.
CDC, the country’s second biggest employer after the public administration, became the only domestically owned producer last year after Compagnie Fruitière’s subsidiaries acquired the assets of Boh Plantations.
Bananas remain a key source of export revenue for Cameroon, generating CFA67.7bn (€103.2mn) in 2025, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS), a year-on-year increase of 84.7 per cent.
