Nigeria’s merchandise trade surplus surged 101.32 per cent year-on-year to ₦12.60 trillion in the second quarter (Q2) of 2026, up from the surplus recorded in Q2 2025 The surge was buoyed by strong export earnings from crude oil, petroleum products and other raw materials. According to the Foreign Trade in Goods Report released by the …
Nigeria’s historic $6.1 billion non-oil export performance in 2025 is under pressure as the sharp correction in global cocoa prices in 2026 exposes the risks of relying heavily on raw commodity exports, according to Dele Oye. Oye, Chairman of the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics, said while the 2025 milestone marked a significant achievement, …
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has cautioned the Nigerian government against introducing compulsory value-addition policies without first ensuring adequate domestic processing capacity. CPPE raised the concern in a policy brief signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Muda Yusuf, dated February 8, 2026. It said that while domestic value addition is important …
Nigeria recorded ₦12.81 trillion as revenue from crude oil exports in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Foreign Trade Statistics report for Q3 2025, released last week. The report revealed that crude oil exports accounted for 56.14 per cent of total exports. The NBS data …
