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In the year 2018 total export to Nigeria was estimated up-to 26,655.98 USD Million. The export to Nigeria in the year 2017 was valued at 24,622.53 USD Million while now it is 26,655.98 USD Million which is increased by 8.26%.

Following are the goods exported to Nigeria from worldwide :

HS Code	Product Name	Value (USD Million)	% Increase
84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc	6099.214213	47.6
85	Electrical, electronic equipment	2424.214109	28.2
29	Organic chemicals	659.383359	4.44
72	Iron and steel	729.920122	55.47
90	Optical, photo, technical, medical, etc apparatus	644.704858	96.92
28	Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope	348.548176	5.92
73	Articles of iron or steel	804.17625	10.68
39	Plastics and articles thereof	1632.58634	12.96
62	Articles of apparel, accessories, not knit or crochet	9.59801	41.07
61	Articles of apparel, accessories, knit or crochet	21.231134	114.43

In the table above all the products exported to Nigeria from over the world are mentioned with their HS code and their overall value in USD as per their total demand in the previous year.

These top 10 categories accounts for the 50.17% of imports from Nigeria. Out of the top Nigeria imports mentioned above, Arms and ammunition, parts and accessories thereof reported the greatest increase from 2017 to 2018 via a 6398.68% spike.

China is the major exporter out of 191 countries that supply goods to Nigeria followed by the USA, India and Netherlands as the top importers to Nigeria.

Country	Value (USD Million)	% Share
World	26655.978778	44.46
China	8347.843563	13.92
USA	3157.948034	5.27
India	2235.976507	3.73
Netherlands	1831.121898	3.05
France	1235.099984	2.06
Germany	1167.14974	1.95
United Kingdom	1086.055517	1.81
Russian Federation	1016.085808	1.69
Rep. of Korea	870.274676	1.45

The above table shows the top 10 importers of Nigeria with their percentage share and the value of their share in USD.

Nigeria imports from 191 countries collectively worth 59,949.44 USD Million. Top 10 countries export to Nigeria contributes 79.41% to the Nigeria overall import.

Major items which are exported to Nigeria are Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc, Electrical, electronic equipment, Organic chemicals, Iron and steel, Optical, photo, technical, medical, etc apparatus . These items together has an export value of 10,557.44 USD Million and shares 39.61% of the total export value to Nigeria.

Here’s a detailed list of all the items exported to Nigeria in 2018.

HS Code	Product Name	Value (USD Million)
303	Fish, frozen, whole	641.21341
7208	Hot rolled products, iron steel, width greater than 600mm, not cla	430.053739
4802	Uncoated paper for writing, printing, office machines	286.590229
8413	Pumps for liquids	223.397975
8421	Liquid, gas centrifuges, filtering, purifying machine	216.782653
8419	Machinery, non domestic, involving heating or cooling	216.553105
4011	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber	214.164663
8479	Machines nes having individual functions	212.585884
9018	Instruments etc for medical, surgical, dental, etc us	207.739297
7304	Tube or hollow profile, seamless iron steel not cast	148.766836
3920	Plastic plate, sheet, film not cellular, reinforced	144.121746
2922	Oxygen function amino compounds	103.077346
7210	Flat rolled iron steel, greater than 600mm, clad, plated or coate	99.848266
8443	Printing and ancillary machinery	95.881341
8708	Parts and accessories for motor vehicles	84.371351
8501	Electric motors and generators, except generating set	81.641212
302	Fish, fresh or chilled, whole	73.30718
2915	Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, derivatives	73.208729
7216	Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non alloy stee	66.174975
3824	Prepr binder for foundry	64.037034
2905	Acyclic alcohols and their derivatives	53.31901
8433	Harvesting, produce cleaning and grading machinery	45.277614
4805	Uncoated paper and paperboard nes	44.869405
8516	Electric equipment with heating element, domestic etc	38.118083
7318	Screws, bolts, nuts, rivets, washers, etc, iron, stee	33.702337
5402	Synthetic filament yarn(not sewing thread) not retail	31.772044
2918	Carboxylic acids (additional oxygen function), derivs	28.148057
8448	Auxiliary machinery and parts for textile machinery	23.311122
2009	Fruit and vegetable juices, not fermented or spirited	19.797173
2903	Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons	16.10943
713	Vegetables, leguminous dried, shelled	13.238265
2933	Heterocyclics, nitrogen hetero atom only, nucleic aci	11.716497
5509	Yarn (not sewing), synthetic staple fibre, not retail	11.250841
4202	Trunks, suit cases, camera cases, handbags, etc	10.167615
2939	Veg alkaloids, their salts, ethers, esters and derivs	10.152151
4002	Synthetic rubber	5.159397
9506	Equipment for gymnastics, sports, outdoor games nes	4.595746
8459	Machine tools except lathes to drill, bore mill threa	3.853101
5407	Woven synthetic filament yarn, monofilament greater than 67dtex	3.848005
7219	Rolled stainless steel sheet, width greater than 600mm	3.792907
7019	Glass fibres, glass wool, and articles thereof	2.801417
6203	Mens or boys suits, jackets, trousers etc not knit	2.711295
6104	Womens, girls suit, dress, skirt, etc, knit or croche	1.705541
2008	Fruit, nut, edible plant parts nes, prepared preserve	1.468121
6302	Bed, table, toilet and kitchen linens	1.205497
6204	Womens, girls suits, jacket, dress, skirt, etc, wove	1.144555
5208	Woven cotton fabric, greater than 85 percentage cotton, less than 200g m2	0.892825
6103	Mens, boys suits,jackets,trousers etc knit or crochet	0.514236
6108	Womens, girls underwear, nightwear, etc knit, crochet	0.296191
304	Fish fillets, fish meat, mince except liver, roe	0.250235

The average demand for following products has upswinged consecutively in the last year.

HS Code	Product Name	% Increase
93	Arms and ammunition, parts and accessories thereof	6398.68
53	Vegetable textile fibres nes, paper yarn, woven fabri	282.81
46	Manufactures of plaiting material, basketwork, etc.	255.97
26	Ores, slag and ash	197.47
12	Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruit, etc, ne	180.31

According to the above-mentioned data, the export of Arms and ammunition, parts and accessories thereof to Nigeria, has got a boost of 6398.68% in total, Vegetable textile fibres nes, paper yarn, woven fabri got a boost of 282.81% and Manufactures of plaiting material, basketwork, etc., got a boost of 255.97%.

On the other hand, the average demand for the following products has dropped down in the last year.

HS Code	Product Name	% Increase
2	Meat and edible meat offal	-93.63
51	Wool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric thereof	-88.56
27	Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc	-86.83
43	Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures thereof	-77.47
25	Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement	-75.37

According to the above-mentioned data, the export of Meat and edible meat offal to Nigeria, dropped down by -93.63% in total, Wool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric thereof dipped in demand by -88.56% and Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc by -86.83%.

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