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In spite of these imperfections, those statistics tend to show that the cassava products and by-products’
exports are of higher quantities in the whole Central African region than overseas.

Selling and purchase conditions

Small pre-payment proceeds with order issuing and the rest comes after the order is confirmed once the
product is sent to the grinder for quality certification. Packages must return to the providers. According
to the executive secretary of the Professional Grouping of Traditional Staples in Cameroun (GPATRAC),
the weekly exported quantities of chikwangue and cassava sticks are 35 tons for the members of the
organization, which comprises 10 tons exported from Yaoundé, and 25 tons from Douala.

3.4 Modern retailing channels

These are the marketing places where mass consumption products like rice, wheat flour, pastas, and
cooking oils, are sold. For cassava by-products, the situation is as follows.

Table 10. Cassava by-products and product exports (tons) to neighboring countries in 2000/2001

Product Abang

Minkoo

Gabon

Kye Ossi

Gabon

Gabon

Guinea

Aboulou

Gabon

Kentzou

RCA

Ekondotiti

Nigeria

Total

Cassava sticks 34 5 - 0,4 - - 39

Cassava - - 440 - 966 0,05 1406

Cassava flour 500 167 772 3 - - 1443

Tapioca 1 - 72 0,1 - 143 215

Total 534 172 1 284 3 966 143 3 103

Source: Stratégie sectorielle pour le secteur manioc, 2006

Table 11. Cassava paste quantities processed by international exporters

Yaoundé Douala Total

Weekly exported quantities of waterfufu by-products 10T 25T 35T

Yearly exported quantities of waterfufu by-products 520T 1300T 1820T

Yearly processed cassava paste (waterfufu) 704T 1760T 2 464T

Source: Estimation based from guessed informants and exporters’ statements.