Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Nigeria and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, United Arab Emirates sold USD 282 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Nigeria.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Arab Emirates sold USD 282 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 United Arab Emirates: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 286.6Low 188 / High 286.62025: 281.5

2019286.6
2020277.3
2021247.8
2022228.4
2023283.6
2024188
2025281.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026