Nigeria | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2006 - 2017

Exports structure from Nigeria in 2017 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 96% (42 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 0.603% (268 million US$): 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
• 0.575% (256 million US$): 18 - Cocoa and cocoa preparations
• 0.443% (197 million US$): 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
• 0.372% (165 million US$): 31 - Fertilizers
• 0.25% (111 million US$): 24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• 0.191% (85 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 0.181% (80 million US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
• 0.166% (73 million US$): 41 - Raw hides and skins (other than fur skins) and leather
• 0.134% (59 million US$): 40 - Rubber and articles thereof

What did Nigeria export in 2017?

Nigeria's Top Exports in 2017:

• 81% ($36 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 13.8% ($6.16 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
• 0.429% ($191 million): 1801 - Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted
• 0.411% ($183 million): 2707 - Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents
• 0.405% ($180 million): 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
• 0.372% ($165 million): 3102 - Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous
• 0.328% ($145 million): 8908 - Vessels and other floating structures for breaking up
• 0.306% ($136 million): 1207 - Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken, n.e.s. in chapter 12
• 0.255% ($113 million): 8901 - Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods
• 0.252% ($112 million): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)

Imports structure to Nigeria in 2017 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 27% (8.74 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 13.6% (4.25 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 6.04% (1.89 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 5.17% (1.61 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 4.97% (1.55 billion US$): 10 - Cereals
• 4.64% (1.45 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 2.4% (751 million US$): 03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
• 2.38% (746 million US$): 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
• 2.32% (726 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
• 2.24% (702 million US$): 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products

What did Nigeria import in 2017?

Nigeria's Top Imports in 2017:

• 27% ($8.56 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
• 4.31% ($1.34 billion): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.
• 2.34% ($734 million): 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
• 1.87% ($585 million): 2516 - Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
• 1.86% ($582 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
• 1.85% ($580 million): 0303 - Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04.
• 1.51% ($474 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
• 1.36% ($426 million): 0402 - Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
• 1.18% ($369 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
• 1.13% ($355 million): 3901 - Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms