Cameroon plans to achieve an increase of 20500 tons in palm oil production by 2026.

Published 2025년 12월 12일

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Core tip: On December 2, the "Invest in Cameroon" website reported that the Cameroonian government has set a target to increase palm oil production by 20,500 tons by 2026. This target was proposed in the context of new financing, and currently, Cameroon is finalizing two loan agreements with Standard Chartered Bank in London, totaling 51.7 billion Central African CFA francs (approximately $92 million). These funds will be used to build a rubber processing plant and a palm oil processing plant for the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC). This investment is seen as a lever to strengthen domestic industrial supply and better enhance the local production value from upstream agriculture to downstream processing.

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Affected by the agricultural peak season, domestic crude palm oil production reached 77,630 tons, almost triple that of the previous quarter. Despite the seasonal increase in production, the industry still cannot meet domestic demand: compared to the same period last year, this quarter's production decreased by 10.6%, and the government predicts that the annual production will decrease by about 2% by 2025. According to Prime Minister Ngute, Cameroon produced 446,984 tons of crude palm oil in 2024, still far below the local market demand. Statistics show that the structural gap exceeds 500,000 tons per year. This long-term shortage has led the country to be highly dependent on ...

Source: Foodmate