Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Nigeria and Taiwan

First country

Second country

In 2025, Taiwan sold USD 50.9 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Nigeria.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel fell 44 percent, from USD 91.3 million in 2019 to USD 50.9 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Taiwan sold USD 50.9 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 Taiwan: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 91.3Low 37.1 / High 1192025: 50.9

201991.3
2020119
202138.5
202246.4
202351.7
202437.1
202550.9

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026