Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Nigeria and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, Nigeria sold USD 1.5 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United States and bought USD 903 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel fell 64 percent, from USD 2.50 billion in 2019 to USD 905 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United States sold USD 903 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 1.5 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 imports from United States: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 2.5Low 0.9 / High 2.762025: 0.9

20192.5
20202.76
20211.58
20221.5
20232.59
20240.95
20250.9

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026