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Energy: China and Nigeria

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 12.9 million of mineral fuels and oils to Nigeria and bought USD 1.56 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils fell 39 percent, from USD 2.59 billion in 2019 to USD 1.58 billion in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Nigeria sold USD 1.56 billion of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 12.9 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: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 192.2Low 6.3 / High 192.22025: 12.9

2019192.2
202082.6
202171.7
20226.3
20236.6
20249.1
202512.9

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: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 2.4Low 0.83 / High 2.492025: 1.56

20192.4
20202.2
20212.49
20220.83
20231.41
20241.75
20251.56

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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