Nigeria | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2008 - 2019

Exports structure from Nigeria in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 87% (46 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 5.93% (3.18 billion US$): 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
• 3.91% (2.09 billion US$): 83 - Miscellaneous articles of base metal
• 0.58% (311 million US$): 18 - Cocoa and cocoa preparations
• 0.559% (300 million US$): 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
• 0.283% (151 million US$): 31 - Fertilizers
• 0.21% (113 million US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
• 0.193% (103 million US$): 24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• 0.14% (75 million US$): 41 - Raw hides and skins (other than fur skins) and leather
• 0.13% (69 million US$): 88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof

What did Nigeria export in 2019?

Nigeria's Top Exports in 2019:

• 76% ($41 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude.
• 10.1% ($5.43 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons.
• 4.2% ($2.25 billion): 8908 - Vessels and other floating structures for breaking up.
• 3.9% ($2.09 billion): 8307 - Flexible tubing of base metal, with or without fittings.
• 1.3% ($698 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.
• 0.548% ($294 million): 1207 - Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken.
• 0.463% ($248 million): 1801 - Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted.
• 0.381% ($204 million): 8901 - Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods.
• 0.283% ($151 million): 3102 - Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous.
• 0.209% ($112 million): 0801 - Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled.

Imports structure to Nigeria in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 18.9% (8.97 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 15.5% (7.37 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 11.8% (5.62 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 7.83% (3.71 billion US$): 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
• 7.08% (3.35 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 3.23% (1.53 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 3.18% (1.5 billion US$): 70 - Glass and glassware
• 3.06% (1.45 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 2.74% (1.3 billion US$): 10 - Cereals
• 2.12% (1 billion US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel

What did Nigeria import in 2019?

Nigeria's Top Imports in 2019:

• 14.9% ($7.06 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils.
• 5.7% ($2.7 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.
• 5.52% ($2.61 billion): 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments.
• 3.05% ($1.44 billion): 7017 - Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated.
• 2.9% ($1.37 billion): 8711 - Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars.
• 2.67% ($1.26 billion): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.
• 1.81% ($858 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.
• 1.64% ($779 million): 4907 - Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value; stamp-impressed paper; banknotes; cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title.
• 1.63% ($776 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.
• 1.4% ($665 million): 8502 - Electric generating sets and rotary converters.