Loading..

Nigeria Trade

Latest trade data available from various sources.
Nigeria monthly trade data
Nigeria quarterly trade data

Please note: The data from various sources are not from the same year.

Year
For viewing trade, tariff data for country or region by year click here .
Please note the exports, imports and tariff data are based on reported data and not gap filled. Please check the Data Availability for coverage.

TRADE SUMMARY FOR Nigeria

Overall Exports and Imports for Nigeria 2021

  • The total value of exports (FOB) is US$ 47,232 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) is US$ 52,068 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 608 products are exported to 136 countries and 4,013 products are imported from 201 countries.

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level 2021

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Nigeria along with trade value are:

  • Nigeria exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 35,998,144.40 million.
  • Nigeria exported Natural gas, liquefied , worth US$ 4,934,453.94 million.
  • Nigeria exported Floating or submersible drilling or production , worth US$ 1,170,082.49 million.
  • Nigeria exported Urea , worth US$ 906,350.45 million.
  • Nigeria exported Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons , worth US$ 594,871.47 million.

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Nigeria along with trade value are

  • Nigeria imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 15,730,602.17 million.
  • Nigeria imported Durum wheat , worth US$ 2,689,681.47 million.
  • Nigeria imported Automobiles with diesel engine displacing more , worth US$ 925,189.16 million.
  • Nigeria imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 922,432.74 million.
  • Nigeria imported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth US$ 894,772.08 million.

Nigeria top 5 Export and Import partners 2021

The top five countries to which Nigeria exported 2021 along with the partner share in percentage are:

  1. Nigeria exports to India worth US$ 7,734 million, with a partner share of 16.37 percent.
  2. Nigeria exports to Spain worth US$ 5,576 million, with a partner share of 11.81 percent.
  3. Nigeria exports to France worth US$ 2,974 million, with a partner share of 6.30 percent.
  4. Nigeria exports to Netherlands worth US$ 2,836 million, with a partner share of 6.00 percent.
  5. Nigeria exports to Canada worth US$ 2,143 million, with a partner share of 4.54 percent.

The top five countries to which Nigeria imported goods 2021 along with the share in percentage are

  1. Nigeria imports from China worth US$ 12,879 million, with a partner share of 24.73 percent.
  2. Nigeria imports from Netherlands worth US$ 5,351 million, with a partner share of 10.28 percent.
  3. Nigeria imports from India worth US$ 4,599 million, with a partner share of 8.83 percent.
  4. Nigeria imports from Belgium worth US$ 3,782 million, with a partner share of 7.26 percent.
  5. Nigeria imports from United States worth US$ 3,179 million, with a partner share of 6.10 percent.

Nigeria Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2021

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2021 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import.


Tariff and Trade Barriers

Tariffs 2021

Tariffs imposed by Nigeria in 2021 are below.

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product is 35.
  • The simple average tariff across all products is 12.70.
  • The trade weighted average tariff is 12.20.
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars are 2,017,260.62 and duty free tariff line items share is 3.03.

Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI) 2009

more »
  • Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - Applied Tariff for the year 2009 is 0.32.
  • Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - MFN Tariff for the year 2009 is 0.32.

Non-Tariff Measures (NTM)

more »
  • No Of NTM Measures is 28.
  • No Of NTM Affected Products (HS 6 Digit) is 4,329.

Temporary Trade Barriers Database (TTDB) .

more »
  • Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Simple Average for the year is not available.
  • Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Weighted Average for the year is not available.

Nigeria World Development Indicators (WDI) 2021

Key Development Indicators of Nigeria in 2021 are below

WDI

Nigeria Doing Business 2019

  • The ease of doing business rank for Nigeria is 131.
  • The trade across border rank is 179.
Doing Business

Nigeria Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA), 2018

  • The CPIA Trade Ratings for 2018 is 3.50.
CPIA

NigeriaLogistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016

  • The LPI score for Nigeria in 2016 is 2.63.
  • The LPI rank is 90.
LPI

Nigeria Services Service Policy Restrictive Database (SPRD)

  • Services Trade Restrictions Index (Over All) for Nigeria is 27.10.
SPRD