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Supply chains and manufacturing: China and Nigeria

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 6.59 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Nigeria.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 94 percent, from USD 3.39 billion in 2019 to USD 6.59 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 6.59 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, 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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 3.39Low 2.92 / High 6.592025: 6.59

20193.39
20202.92
20214.24
20224.43
20234.06
20244.21
20256.59

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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