Nigeria’s trade: exports, imports and the trade balance
Nigeria’s goods trade from official statistics: exports, imports and the balance.
Updated November 5, 2026
This page gathers the latest figures on this topic, each checked against its official source, and every Alama Report story on it. It is updated as new data comes out.
Latest figures
- Goods exports, quarterly
- 27,020.9bn NGN · Q2 2026
Source: NBS, Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Q2 2026 - Goods imports, quarterly
- 14,424.0bn NGN · Q2 2026
Source: NBS, Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Q2 2026 - Trade balance (goods), quarterly
- 12,596.9bn NGN · Q2 2026
Source: NBS, Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Q2 2026 - Current account balance, quarterly
- $7.5bn · Q2 2026
Source: CBN provisional balance of payments statistics Q2 2026, as reported by Nairametrics
Figures checked against their source.
Our stories on this topic
- Dangote Cement's Nigerian exports rise 42% to 1.5mn tons · November 5, 2026
- Nigeria's foreign-exchange payments hit $7.61bn in June, led by services · October 29, 2026