Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2024-01-28
Reporting period: 2002 - 2022
Timeseries: 194 million
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Nigeria | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2011 - 2022

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TOTAL. ALL COMMODITIESNigeriaWorldExportsValue (US$)125,641,031,180.00143,151,182,808.0090,554,484,841.00102,878,499,711.0048,433,351,369.6532,883,045,467.0044,466,366,757.1162,399,742,736.8753,617,812,190.3034,900,471,091.3147,231,712,930.3663,416,711,381.60
Value Growth, YoY (%)45.1313.93-36.7413.60-52.92-32.1035.2240.33-14.07-34.9035.3334.26
ImportsValue (US$)63,971,541,901.0035,872,509,437.0044,598,201,120.0046,532,265,378.0033,830,878,655.1935,194,301,007.0031,270,090,265.0743,011,523,214.8147,369,076,912.2855,455,401,890.4652,068,286,983.1460,671,382,373.66
Value Growth, YoY (%)44.61-43.9224.324.33-27.294.03-11.1537.5410.1317.07-6.1016.52

The value of merchandise exports from Nigeria totalled $ 63 billion in 2022. Merchandise exports from Nigeria increased by 34% compared to 2021. Goods exports grew up by $ 16.1 billion in 2022 (the value of merchandise exports from Nigeria amounted to $47 billion in 2021)

Nigeria's exports 2022 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from Nigeria in 2022:

  • India with a share of 12.6% (8.01 billion US$)
  • Spain with a share of 11.9% (7.58 billion US$)
  • Netherlands with a share of 9.59% (6.08 billion US$)
  • Indonesia with a share of 7.42% (4.7 billion US$)
  • USA with a share of 6.95% (4.4 billion US$)
  • France with a share of 5.76% (3.65 billion US$)
  • Italy with a share of 4.15% (2.63 billion US$)
  • Côte d`Ivoire with a share of 3.35% (2.13 billion US$)
  • Canada with a share of 2.99% (1.89 billion US$)
  • Portugal with a share of 2.95% (1.87 billion US$)

Exports structure from Nigeria in 2022 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 90% (57 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 3.02% (1.92 billion US$): 31 - Fertilizers
  • 1.22% (774 million US$): 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
  • 1.07% (680 million US$): 18 - Cocoa and cocoa preparations
  • 0.628% (398 million US$): 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
  • 0.444% (281 million US$): 76 - Aluminum and articles thereof
  • 0.39% (247 million US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
  • 0.238% (150 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 0.237% (150 million US$): 24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
  • 0.235% (149 million US$): 74 - Copper and articles thereof

What did Nigeria export in 2022?

Nigeria's Top Exports in 2022:

  • 78% ($49 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
  • 11.6% ($7.39 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
  • 3.02% ($1.91 billion): 3102 - Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous
  • 0.973% ($617 million): 8905 - Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes and other vessels the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function; floating docks; floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
  • 0.875% ($555 million): 1801 - Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted
  • 0.54% ($342 million): 1207 - Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken, n.e.s. in chapter 12
  • 0.403% ($256 million): 7601 - Unwrought aluminium
  • 0.389% ($246 million): 0801 - Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
  • 0.247% ($156 million): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)
  • 0.236% ($150 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form

The value of merchandise imports to Nigeria totalled $ 60 billion in 2022. Merchandise imports to Nigeria increased by 16.5% compared to 2021. Goods imports grew up by $ 8.6 billion in 2022 (the value of merchandise imports to Nigeria was equal to $52 billion in 2021)

Nigeria's imports 2022 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of Nigeria in 2022:

  • China with a share of 22% (13.7 billion US$)
  • Netherlands with a share of 10.3% (6.28 billion US$)
  • Belgium with a share of 10.3% (6.26 billion US$)
  • India with a share of 7.92% (4.8 billion US$)
  • USA with a share of 5.56% (3.37 billion US$)
  • Korea with a share of 3.47% (2.1 billion US$)
  • Norway with a share of 3.27% (1.98 billion US$)
  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 2.74% (1.66 billion US$)
  • France with a share of 2.62% (1.59 billion US$)
  • United Kingdom with a share of 2.24% (1.36 billion US$)

Imports structure to Nigeria in 2022 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 39% (24 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 11.3% (6.88 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 5.73% (3.47 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 5.38% (3.26 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 3.84% (2.33 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 3.75% (2.27 billion US$): 10 - Cereals
  • 2.33% (1.41 billion US$): 99 - Commodities not specified according to kind
  • 2.02% (1.22 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
  • 1.74% (1.05 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 1.7% (1.03 billion US$): 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products

What did Nigeria import in 2022?

Nigeria's Top Imports in 2022:

  • 38% ($23 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
  • 3.74% ($2.27 billion): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.
  • 2.28% ($1.38 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
  • 1.6% ($976 million): 8481 - Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves
  • 1.39% ($847 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
  • 1.36% ($830 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 1.27% ($775 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
  • 1.12% ($680 million): 0303 - Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04.
  • 1.04% ($636 million): 3808 - Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers)

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Nigeria | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2011 - 2022