Strategic Lens

Agriculture and food: China and Nigeria

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 537 million of agricultural and food products to Nigeria and bought USD 38.9 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products grew 109 percent, from USD 276 million in 2019 to USD 575 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 537 million of agricultural and food products, against USD 38.9 million the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to Nigeria: agricultural and food products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 263.3Low 218.1 / High 536.62025: 536.6

2019263.3
2020264.2
2021268.7
2022218.1
2023340.3
2024400.4
2025536.6

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from Nigeria: agricultural and food products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 12.7Low 12.7 / High 64.32025: 38.9

201912.7
202027.5
202144.6
202221
202364.3
202444.3
202538.9

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026