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Energy: Nigeria and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, Nigeria sold USD 1.07 billion of mineral fuels and oils to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 1.29 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in mineral fuels and oils runs both ways in similar amounts: Nigeria sold USD 1.07 billion and United Arab Emirates sold USD 1.29 billion in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew about 20 times, from USD 117 million in 2019 to USD 2.36 billion in 2025.

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: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 0.09Low 0.01 / High 1.072025: 1.07

20190.09
20200.01
20210.06
20230.04
20240.11
20251.07

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: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 0.02Low 0.02 / High 1.292025: 1.29

20190.02
20200.32
20210.28
20221.19
20230.34
20241.02
20251.29

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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