Summary
- Share of its imports
- 29.8%
- Value imported
- $14.3billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 366
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 204
- Dominated value
- $11.3billion
- Share of total imports
- 23.4%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 3.2% to 29.8% of what Nigeria buys
Share (%)
- China 29.8%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 151 | 3.2% | 11 |
| 1996 | 209 | 2.9% | 9 |
| 1997 | 319 | 4.1% | 8 |
| 1998 | 370 | 4.6% | 7 |
| 1999 | 325 | 4.5% | 7 |
| 2000 | 472 | 5.3% | 6 |
| 2001 | 879 | 7.4% | 4 |
| 2002 | 1,136 | 8.2% | 3 |
| 2003 | 1,877 | 11.1% | 2 |
| 2004 | 1,718 | 11.5% | 1 |
| 2005 | 2,301 | 12.6% | 1 |
| 2006 | 4,065 | 13.5% | 1 |
| 2007 | 4,623 | 11.6% | 1 |
| 2008 | 6,157 | 12.8% | 1 |
| 2009 | 6,563 | 14.4% | 1 |
| 2010 | 7,474 | 14% | 1 |
| 2011 | 9,932 | 14.4% | 1 |
| 2012 | 9,296 | 19.5% | 1 |
| 2013 | 12,122 | 22.6% | 1 |
| 2014 | 13,392 | 25.1% | 1 |
| 2015 | 11,596 | 27.8% | 1 |
| 2016 | 8,839 | 24.4% | 1 |
| 2017 | 9,749 | 25.7% | 1 |
| 2018 | 12,053 | 26.4% | 1 |
| 2019 | 14,610 | 28.8% | 1 |
| 2020 | 18,020 | 32.3% | 1 |
| 2021 | 18,195 | 31.8% | 1 |
| 2022 | 18,019 | 27.9% | 1 |
| 2023 | 16,517 | 24.5% | 1 |
| 2024 | 14,323 | 29.8% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synthetic filament fabric | China | 96.6%over 75% | India · 1.9% | $473 million |
| Wigs | China | 99.9%over 75% | Hong Kong · 0.06% | $377 million |
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 71% | United States · 11.1% | $340 million |
| New tires | China | 86.1%over 75% | India · 4.4% | $282 million |
| Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins | China | 79.3%over 75% | South Korea · 8.9% | $259 million |
| Pesticides and herbicides | China | 86.9%over 75% | India · 8.5% | $249 million |
| Lightweight cotton fabric | China | 64.9% | India · 17.2% | $237 million |
| Coated flat steel | China | 90.1%over 75% | Netherlands · 4.8% | $235 million |
| Aluminum sheet | China | 67.8% | South Korea · 21.6% | $222 million |
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 88.2%over 75% | India · 2.3% | $218 million |
| Liquid pumps | China | 65.1% | United States · 4.9% | $199 million |
| Air conditioners | China | 83.3%over 75% | India · 3.5% | $189 million |
| Tractors | China | 85.1%over 75% | India · 3.2% | $179 million |
| Transformers and power supplies | China | 51% | India · 20.8% | $170 million |
| Seamless steel pipes | China | 71.5% | Indonesia · 9.8% | $169 million |
| Cables and wire | China | 70.1% | India · 11.3% | $167 million |
| Valves and taps | China | 51.6% | Italy · 8.3% | $157 million |
| Lamps and light fittings | China | 92%over 75% | Italy · 1.4% | $155 million |
| Steel structures | China | 67.1% | Turkey · 9.8% | $150 million |
| Monitors and projectors | China | 77.3%over 75% | Indonesia · 5.7% | $150 million |
| Hot-rolled flat steel | China | 98.7%over 75% | Belgium · 0.36% | $149 million |
| Plywood | China | 98.3%over 75% | Ghana · 0.55% | $147 million |
| Bulldozers and excavators | China | 68.2% | United States · 7.2% | $145 million |
| Batteries | China | 59.9% | India · 18% | $142 million |
| Seats and chairs | China | 78.3%over 75% | Turkey · 7.8% | $142 million |
| Women's knitted suits and dresses | China | 98%over 75% | India · 0.97% | $122 million |
| Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps | China | 69.8% | Indonesia · 7.8% | $118 million |
| Other knitted fabric | China | 99.3%over 75% | Italy · 0.33% | $117 million |
| Furniture | China | 66.8% | Turkey · 11.2% | $115 million |
| Wood veneer sheets | China | 99.5%over 75% | Germany · 0.11% | $112 million |
and 336 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- China sells 61.9% of what the world exports of synthetic filament fabric; next come Taiwan (4.8%), South Korea (4.5%) and India (3.3%). The rest of the world exported 22.1 times what Nigeria buys from China.
- China sells 65.5% of what the world exports of wigs; next come Indonesia (7.7%), North Korea (4.8%) and Bangladesh (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 3.6 times what Nigeria buys from China.
- China sells 46.2% of what the world exports of cameras and broadcast equipment; next come Vietnam (13.1%), Taiwan (4.4%) and India (4.3%). The rest of the world exported 998.6 times what Nigeria buys from China.
- China sells 22.8% of what the world exports of new tires; next come Thailand (8%), Japan (6%) and Germany (5.3%). The rest of the world exported 274.6 times what Nigeria buys from China.
- China sells 19.4% of what the world exports of polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins; next come United States (8.8%), Germany (8.8%) and South Korea (8.5%). The rest of the world exported 202.7 times what Nigeria buys from China.
- China sells 25% of what the world exports of pesticides and herbicides; next come United States (10.8%), Germany (9.2%) and France (8.1%). The rest of the world exported 127.7 times what Nigeria buys from China.
- China sells 41.7% of what the world exports of lightweight cotton fabric; next come India (11.3%), Pakistan (8.1%) and Italy (5.1%). The rest of the world exported 20.2 times what Nigeria buys from China.
- China sells 27.6% of what the world exports of coated flat steel; next come South Korea (10.3%), Germany (7.2%) and Belgium (4.8%). The rest of the world exported 178.5 times what Nigeria buys from China.
- China sells 26% of what the world exports of aluminum sheet; next come Germany (12.9%), United States (7.3%) and South Korea (6.5%). The rest of the world exported 133.1 times what Nigeria buys from China.
- China sells 39.2% of what the world exports of diodes, transistors and solar cells; next come Malaysia (8.6%), Japan (7.4%) and Vietnam (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 376.3 times what Nigeria buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Nigeria is China’s 41st-largest customer, with 0.4% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.