Chargé d’Affaires: China Imported $2.3bn Nigerian Goods in Six Months
Michael Olugbode in Abuja
Asian economic giant, China, imported almost $2.3 billion worth of Nigerian goods in just six months, marking an almost 80 per cent increase over the same period in 2025, the Chargé d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, Zhou Hongyou, said yesterday.
The sharp rise comes as total trade between both countries surged by 75 per cent year-on-year to $18 billion. The figures are significant for Nigeria, which has long struggled to translate its enormous agricultural, mineral and manufacturing potential into sustained export earnings.
Zhou, speaking at the Nigeria-China Food Festival at the China Cultural Centre, said Beijing’s zero-tariff policy for African countries with diplomatic relations with China presented Nigeria with an opportunity to dramatically expand its exports to the Chinese market.
