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Supply chains and manufacturing: Nigeria and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 111 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Nigeria.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel fell 64 percent, from USD 307 million in 2019 to USD 111 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 111 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 exports to United Kingdom: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 0.2Low 0 / High 14.92025: 0.1

20190.2
202014.9
20210
20220
202313.2
20242.8
20250.1

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 Kingdom: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 306.5Low 111.1 / High 306.52025: 111.1

2019306.5
2020297.2
2021151.9
2022152.7
2023219.7
2024125.1
2025111.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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