Strategic Lens

Agriculture and food: Nigeria and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, Nigeria sold USD 9.4 million of agricultural and food products to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 99.2 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products grew about 11 times, from USD 9.9 million in 2019 to USD 109 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Arab Emirates sold USD 99.2 million of agricultural and food products, against USD 9.4 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

Nigeria's exports to United Arab Emirates: agricultural and food products

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

2019: 4.6Low 4.6 / High 17.22025: 9.4

20194.6
202014.6
202110.6
202215.7
202312.9
202417.2
20259.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Nigeria's imports from United Arab Emirates: agricultural and food products

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

2019: 5.2Low 5.2 / High 99.22025: 99.2

20195.2
202017.1
202113.9
202212.9
202343.6
202483.9
202599.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026