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About

France-Nigeria Trade: In 2022, France exported $654M to Nigeria. The main products that France exported to Nigeria were Refined Petroleum ($73.6M), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($55.4M), and Hard Liquor ($49.2M). Over the past 5 years the exports of France to Nigeria have decreased at an annualized rate of 12.5%, from $1.28B in 2017 to $654M in 2022.

In 2020, France exported services to Nigeria worth $378M, with Other business services ($271M), Transportation ($49.1M), and Financial services ($38.8M) being the largest in terms of value.

Nigeria-France Trade: In 2022, Nigeria exported $4.95B to France. The main products that Nigeria exported to France were Crude Petroleum ($4.18B), Petroleum Gas ($598M), and Soybean Meal ($78.7M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Nigeria to France have increased at an annualized rate of 11.8%,  from $2.83B in 2017 to $4.95B in 2022.

In 2022, Nigeria did not export any services to France.

Comparison: In 2022,  France ranked 16 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.3), and 8 in total exports ($608B). That same year, Nigeria ranked 127 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.67), and 51 in total exports ($70.7B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, France exported $654M to Nigeria. The main products exported from France to Nigeria were Refined Petroleum ($73.6M), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($55.4M), and Hard Liquor ($49.2M). During the last 5 years the exports of France to Nigeria have decreased at an annualized rate of 12.5%, from $1.28B in 2017 to $654M in 2022.

In 2017, Nigeria exported $4.95B to France. The main products exported from Nigeria to France were Crude Petroleum ($4.18B), Petroleum Gas ($598M), and Soybean Meal ($78.7M). During the last 5 years the exports of Nigeria to France have increased at an annualized rate of 11.8%, from $2.83B in 2022 to $4.95B in 2017.

Exports from France (Flag) to Nigeria (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Nigeria (Flag) to France (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between France (Flag) and Nigeria (Flag)

France Exports

Nigeria Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
France
Top Destination
Germany$78.3B
Nigeria
Top Destination
Spain$9.41B

This map shows whether countries import more from France or Nigeria. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from France and Nigeria or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from France than Nigeria included Germany ($78.3B), Italy ($56.4B), and Belgium ($47.8B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Nigeria than France included Indonesia ($3.83B), India ($8.2B), and Gibraltar ($1.15B).

Difference in imports from Nigeria (Flag) and France (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage France - Nigeria

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between France and Nigeria by product, considering products traded by both, France and Nigeria.

During 2022, France had a large net trade with Nigeria in the exports of Chemical Products ($157M), Foodstuffs ($133M), and Machines ($119M).

During 2017, Nigeria had a large net trade with France in the exports of Mineral Products ($4.77B), Foodstuffs ($79.3M), and Chemical Products ($44.7M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential France Nigeria+$92.9MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Nigeria France+$1.3BPetroleum Gas

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of France and Nigeria. This means that a dot/product with the flag of France indicates it has a comparative advantage over Nigeria. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Nigeria indicates it has a comparative advantage over France.

Product Space of France (Flag) and Nigeria (Flag) (2022)

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