Strategic Lens

Fertiliser: China and Nigeria

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 59.3 million of fertilisers to Nigeria.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in fertilisers grew about 7.9 times, from USD 7.5 million in 2019 to USD 59.3 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 59.3 million of fertilisers, and Nigeria sold almost none.

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: fertilisers

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

2019: 7.5Low 7.5 / High 72.92025: 59.3

20197.5
20209.8
202139.6
202250.5
202372.9
202467.5
202559.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026