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Cameroon

Used Clothing / Cameroon Imports

20 May 2024

2 minutes

Local producers control only 5% of the Cameroonian fabric market, which is largely dominated by foreign products, a lot of which is illegally smuggled into the country. A new framework for Cameroon's development policy, aiming to structurally transform the economy, plans to increase national cotton production to 600,000 tonnes per year and locally process 50% of it by 2030.

Cameroon’s Used Clothing Imports Have Dropped by 50%+ in Last 16 Years

Imports of used clothing and accessories have seen a significant dip of 50% in the last 16 years in the Central African country of Cameroon.

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