Cameroon-Nigeria trade benefits from improved security
Trade between northern Nigeria and Cameroon's Far North resumed in 2019, and the securing of the corridor allows transporters to circulate again and revives customs receipts. The Limani customs office, the main one on the Cameroonian side, was closed in 2014 because of Boko Haram exactions and reopened seven years ago. Customs revenue ambitions for the first nine months of 2026 stand at 741 billion CFA francs, against one billion in 2023.
Why it matters: The corridor's reopening shows how the security theme and cross-border trade interact: restored protection along commercial axes, rather than tariff policy, is what is reviving customs receipts in the Lake Chad basin.