Strategic Lens

Fertiliser: Nigeria and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, Russia sold USD 42.3 million of fertilisers to Nigeria.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in fertilisers fell 52 percent, from USD 87.9 million in 2020 to USD 42.3 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 42.3 million of fertilisers, 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 Russia: fertilisers

USD million · 2020 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Nigeria

2020: 87.9Low 13.5 / High 87.92025: 42.3

202087.9
202141.3
202216.3
202313.5
202459.1
202542.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026