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Agriculture and food: Nigeria and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Nigeria sold USD 3.0 million of agricultural and food products to South Africa and bought USD 76.5 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 76.5 million of agricultural and food products, against USD 3.0 million the other way.
  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products is 56 percent below its 2023 peak of USD 180 million.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Nigeria's imports from South Africa: agricultural and food products

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

2019: 82.2Low 70.1 / High 178.62025: 76.5

201982.2
2020121.3
202193.9
2022152.1
2023178.6
202470.1
202576.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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