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Supply chains and manufacturing: Nigeria and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, South Africa sold USD 110 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Nigeria.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 110 million 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

Nigeria's imports from South Africa: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 137.1Low 66.4 / High 137.12025: 110.1

2019137.1
2020106.8
2021112.1
202282.1
202366.4
202466.9
2025110.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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