West Africa: Nigeria Exported 246 Products in Q1 2025 - NEPC

25 June 2025
Daily Trust (Abuja)

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has stated that Cocoa, Urea Fertilizer, Sesame seeds are part of Nigeria's top 246 export products to different parts of Nigeria.

Executive Director/CEO of NEPC Nonye Ayeni made the disclosure in Abuja over the roundtable meeting on the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) with the theme "Strengthening Trade Facilitation and Digital Transformation in Nigeria through UN/CEFACT Standards"

She said, "Nigeria received an impressive export result with total receipts of $5.456 billion in 2024 showing a 20.77% increase over the 2023 figure of $4.517bn as a result of the "Go Global, Go for Certification" campaign, which is focused on enhancing the quality of Made-in-Nigeria products and overall competitiveness in the global trade arena.

"The 2024 export performance which shows 7.291 million metric tonnes of exportable products comprised of agricultural commodities, semi-processed and manufactured products, as well as solid minerals compared to 6.685 million metric tonnes recorded in 2023.

"Amongst the 246 products in the export basket for 2024, the top 10 products are Cocoa Beans, Urea/Fertilizer, Sesame Seed, Cashew Nuts/Kernels, Aluminum Ingots, Cocoa Butter, Copper Ingots, Soya Beans/Meal, Gold Dore and Hibiscus Flower indicating a moveaway from primary commodities and towards semi-processed and manufactured products," the NEPC ED explained

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