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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in Cameroon, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
MINCOMMERCE, API and INS: the guide’s first stops, of the 20 organizations below.
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Trade ministry
MINCOMMERCE
Ministère du Commerce
Keeps the importers and exporters file that registers companies for foreign trade and issues special authorizations for some operations.
Visit MINCOMMERCE (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon trade ministry, importers and exporters file (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
API
Agence de Promotion des Investissements
Receives approval files for the incentive regimes and obtains visas for approved companies' investment programs and foreign staff.
Visit API (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon Decree 2019/074, investment promotion agency (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of February 18, 2019
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National statistics office
INS
Institut National de la Statistique
Publishes the national statistics, including growth, prices and population, that a company uses to size a market.
Visit INS (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon statistics office, key indicators page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
2. Export development and market information
5 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Trade ministry
MINCOMMERCE
Ministère du Commerce
Keeps the importers and exporters file that registers companies for foreign trade and issues special authorizations for some operations.
Visit MINCOMMERCE (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon trade ministry, importers and exporters file (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
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National statistics office
INS
Institut National de la Statistique
Publishes the national statistics, including growth, prices and population, that a company uses to size a market.
Visit INS (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon statistics office, key indicators page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
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Continental trade agreement secretariat
AfCFTA Secretariat
African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
Multilateral body
Publishes the status of each country's tariff schedule under the African Continental Free Trade Area and its guided trade initiative.
Visit AfCFTA Secretariat (opens in a new tab)Source: AfCFTA Secretariat, status of tariff offers, July 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
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Global trade rules body
WTO
World Trade Organization
Multilateral body
Publishes the Trade Policy Review of Cameroon's trade regime and a member page with Cameroon's WTO commitments and trade statistics.
Visit WTO (opens in a new tab)Source: WTO, Cameroon member information page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
Central African regional community
ECCAS
Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique centrale
Regional body
Is the Central African regional economic community that Cameroon belongs to.
Visit ECCAS (opens in a new tab)Source: ECCAS, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
5 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
API
Agence de Promotion des Investissements
Receives approval files for the incentive regimes and obtains visas for approved companies' investment programs and foreign staff.
Visit API (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon Decree 2019/074, investment promotion agency (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of February 18, 2019
- Get advice
Small business promotion agency
APME
Agence de Promotion des PME
Supports small and medium-sized companies with business creation, entrepreneurship programs, access to financing and investment incentives.
Visit APME (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon SME promotion agency, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
Central bank
BEAC
Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale
Regional body
Publishes the CEMAC foreign exchange regulations that govern export proceeds, foreign investment declarations and currency accounts.
Visit BEAC (opens in a new tab)Source: BEAC, home page with indicative exchange rates (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Get advice
Small business ministry
MINPMEESA
Ministère des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises, de l'Économie Sociale et de l'Artisanat
Runs the eRegulations service that lists the steps, documents and offices for creating a company in Douala, Yaoundé and Garoua.
Visit MINPMEESA (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon eRegulations, about page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
Head of state office
Presidency
Présidence de la République du Cameroun
Publishes the investment laws, ordinances and decrees, and the Investment Charter, on its Investir pages.
Visit Presidency (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon Presidency, main contacts for investors page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
4. Customs and tax
5 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Tax authority
DGI
Direction Générale des Impôts
Registers taxpayers online, issues the unique tax identifier and runs electronic tax filing.
Visit DGI (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon tax directorate, tax registration page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
Foreign trade single window
GUCE
GUCE-GIE (Guichet Unique des opérations du commerce extérieur)
Runs the e-FORCE single form, the technical administration systems and the electronic payment of duties and fees for import, export and transit.
Visit GUCE (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon single window, about page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Customs
Direction Générale des Douanes
Applies customs law on foreign trade, collects customs duties and taxes, and compiles foreign trade statistics, under the finance ministry.
Visit Customs (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon finance ministry, customs directorate page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Get advice
Shippers council
CNCC
Conseil National des Chargeurs du Cameroun
Issues the electronic cargo tracking note, the BESC, for exports and defends shippers' interests along the transport chain.
Visit CNCC (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon shippers council, missions page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
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Central African economic community
CEMAC
Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale
Regional body
Is the six-country Central African community whose customs code and exchange rules Cameroon applies.
Visit CEMAC (opens in a new tab)Source: CEMAC Commission, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
5. Standards and sector requirements
4 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
National standards body
ANOR
Agence des Normes et de la Qualité
Develops Cameroonian standards, certifies conformity and takes proposals for new standards from companies.
Visit ANOR (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon standards agency, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
Agriculture ministry
MINADER
Ministère de l'Agriculture et du Développement Rural
Holds the plant health procedures behind the electronic phytosanitary certificate that exporters of plants and plant products request online.
Visit MINADER (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon single window, e-PHYTO article, October 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 7, 2026
Cocoa and coffee board
ONCC
Office National du Cacao et du Café
Publishes the conditions to become a cocoa or coffee exporter, the list of active exporters and reference prices.
Visit ONCC (opens in a new tab)Source: Cocoa and coffee board, exporters page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Get advice
Mines and industry ministry
MINMIDT
Ministère des Mines, de l'Industrie et du Développement Technologique
Publishes the procedure for the gold export certificate and holds the national mines and industry portfolio.
Visit MINMIDT (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon mines ministry, gold export certificate procedure (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
6. Chambers and industry associations
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Chamber of commerce
CCIMA
Chambre de Commerce, d'Industrie, des Mines et de l'Artisanat du Cameroun
Issues certificates of origin for exported products, keeps the consular file of companies and takes members to trade fairs abroad.
Visit CCIMA (opens in a new tab)Source: Cameroon chamber of commerce, missions page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
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Promote:Cameroon is an independent guide by Promote:Global, not an official government portal. The organizations named here are independent public and membership bodies, not Promote:Global partners, and every link goes to their own site.
Facts read from public sources, with an editorial cut-off of October 30, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.