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Top Exports
Here are the top exports of Nigeria (products / product categories), based mostly on recent (2023-2024) trade data.
The values below are approximate and rounded; the ranking depends on how broadly or narrowly you classify products.
| Rank | Export Category | Approximate Value (USD) / percent share
| ---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------
| 1 | Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products
(crude oil & refined petroleum) | ~$46-49.3 billion (~85-87% of total exports) | Dominant export by far. |
| 2 | Cocoa & cocoa preparations | ~$1.9-2.6 billion (≈4-5%)
| 3 | Fertilizers (mainly urea etc.) | ~$850-915 million (~1.6%)
| 4 | Oil seeds, oleaginous fruits, grain, seeds, fruit etc. | ~$600-700 million (~1.0-1.3%)
| 5 | Ores, slag & ash (minerals) | ~$800-824 million (~1.5%)
| 6 | Aluminum (ores, unwrought aluminum etc.) | ~$300-350 million (~0.5-0.6%)
| 7 | Copper | ~$300-370 million (~0.5-0.6%)
| 8 | Gems, precious stones & metals | ~$200-260 million (~0.5%)
| 9 | Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime, cement etc. | ~$200-260 million (~0.5%)
| 10 | Food industry waste, animal fodder | ~$160-220 million (~0.4%)
| 11 | Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons | ~$250-700 million, depending on classification
| 12 | Ships, boats, and other floating structures | ~$600+ million in some datasets
| 13 | Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins (similar to 8) | ~$140-150 million
| 14 | Lead | ~$80-100 million
| 15 | Rubbers | ~$60-70 million
| 16 | Live trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers | ~$80-90 million
| 17 | Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers etc. | ~$50-60+ million
| 18 | Plastics and articles thereof | ~$50-60 million
| 19 | Salt, sulphur, stone-type mineral products etc.
(as part of category 9) | Already included above; smaller subcomponents within that group about ~$60 million in some sources.
| 20 | Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic invertebrates | ~$50-60 million
