Cameroon’s overall trade volume dropped by 16% during the first half of 2020, because of the coronavirus pandemic. This was revealed by Minister of Commerce Luc Magloire Atangana on June 25, in Yaoundé, during the cabinet meeting presided by Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute.

Compared to the 1st quarter 2019, the general level of prices increased in the 1st quarter 2020 by 2.6% in Cameroon, according to a recent analysis note from the National Institute of Statistics (INS). This increase was 2.3% a year ago. The price increase is therefore 0.3% higher today than at the beginning of last year.