Strategic Lens

Fertiliser: India and Nigeria

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 3.4 million of fertilisers to Nigeria and bought USD 218 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in fertilisers grew about 24 times, from USD 9.3 million in 2019 to USD 221 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Nigeria sold USD 218 million of fertilisers, against USD 3.4 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

India's imports from Nigeria: fertilisers

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

2019: 9.1Low 9.1 / High 217.72025: 217.7

20199.1
2022171.6
202353.8
202418.8
2025217.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026