Informal sales, particularly of boiled sweets and lollipops imported from Nigeria through the Southwest Region's land borders, pose a significant challenge to the formal market. These products are heavily sold by roadside vendors and hawkers, creating unfair competition.
Retail volume sales of sugar confectionery look set to increase steadily throughout the forecast period, with growth projected to surpass that recorded during the review period. While an anticipated reduction in inflation and gradual improvements in purchasing power should help to lift overall demand in the short-to-medium term, the primary driver of consumption will continue to be the youthful demographic profile of Cameroon, where around 41% of the population were under 14 years of age as of 2024.
While the outlook for sugar confectionery over the forecast period is generally bright, volume growth potential is likely to be constrained by rising health awareness among Cameroonians. Having recently been reinforced by the experience of the pandemic, this trend is making consumers – especially parents of young children – more conscious of how a high sugar intake can be a significant contributory factor in the development of obesity, diabetes, tooth decay and other problems.
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Sugar Confectionery
This is the aggregation of mints, boiled sweets, pastilles, gummies, jellies and chews, toffees, caramels, and nougat, medicated confectionery, lollipops, liquorice and other sugar confectionery.
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