Top 10 Products Being Exported Overseas from Nigeria – Want to know the products that are exported from Nigeria to other countries of the world?
Nigeria is blessed with solid and mineral resources that can be exported to other countries and make good money from them.
In this article, I will be sharing with you the top 10 products that you can export and make money, so keep reading.
What are export Products?
Export products are those products that are produced in a country, in very large quantities, and exported to other countries for sale.
Different countries have what they export to other countries as a means of exchange, and Nigeria too has its own.
These are products that are endowed by God to a particular country, which others may be lacking them.
Top 10 Products Being Exported Oversea from Nigeria
- Crude oil
- Ginger
- Cocoa butter
- Rubber
- Palm kernel oil
- Textile and garments
- Sesame seed
- Garlic
- Yam/Yam Tubers
- Cotton
Ginger
Ginger, is a rhizome of a plant, that has a hot, fragrant spice. Ginger can be eaten or powdered for cooking, preserved in syrup, or candied.
It is one product that is used and sought after all over the world, and fortunately for us, Nigeria is one of the largest producers of Ginger, so if you want to go into the business of exporting goods from Nigeria to another part of the world, ginger is an option you should consider.
Some countries that you can export ginger to are:
- USA,
- Japan,
- Pakistan,
- Netherlands,
- India,
- Saudi Arabia,
- Malaysia.
Cocoa butter
Another name for Cocoa butter is Theobroma oil. It is extracted from cocoa beans, that have a pale yellow edible vegetable fat.
You use it to produce the following products: chocolates, ointments, toiletries, and pharmaceuticals.
Countries such as the USA, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and France are in need of cocoa butter in a very high demand.
Rubber
Rubber is a latex of a tropical plant or synthetic that has a tough elastic polymeric substance.
Rubber is in very high demand in countries of the world like India, Spain, France, South Africa, and the USA. so you can export rubber to those countries.
Nigeria is blessed with this product, and it is producing the largest quantity in the whole of Africa.
Palm kernel oil
This is a plant, from which so many products are taken, and palm oil, is one of the products from it, palm kernel nut is gotten from it, and other products that may not be very popular.
So palm trees, produce what people call African palm oil. Oil is used all over the world, and the product is in high demand because of the usefulness of it.
This particular product is used in the manufacturing of cosmetics, pharmaceutical products, and confectioneries, and Nigeria is blessed with so much of them, which has formed one of the products that can be exported
The countries that you can export palm oil to are China, the United States, EU countries, Brazil and India.
Textile and garments
Nigeria has a very large textile and garments industry and is a huge business that exports this textile to other countries of the world.
This is one product that the CBN (Central Bank OF Nigeria) has restricted its import into the country except for a few.
However, textiles, garments, and cloths a products that you can export to other countries if you are an exporter from Nigeria.
Nigerian-made Textile and Garments are sought after from countries like Spain, Italy, Portugal, the USA, the UK, Malaysia Netherlands, owing to their texture and quality.
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Gallstone
Gallstone is a product from the gallbladder of a matured cow or ox. It is a clay-like solid substance, that is found and produced in Nigeria, exporters can export this to other countries that don’t have it.
The product open collection, is dried and parceled for export. Some quantities say 100kg, are good to be parceled for export.
Where in the world can you export gallstone to? Hong Kong, China, Germany, Bahrain, Canada, and Israel, are all countries that need gallstone so much.
Sesame seed
Sesame seeds are found in states like Sokoto, Jigawa, Benue, Nassarawa, and Taraba.
They are tiny, oil-rich seeds that grow in pods. They are found in the Sesamum indicum plant.
Sesame seeds are sought everywhere in the world, so it is one product that Nigeria is blessed with, which it can also export to those countries in need of them.
Yam/Yam Tuber
Another export product that Nigeria is blessed with is yam. It is a good product to export abroad.
Nigeria is blessed with fertile land that produces big yam tubers. States like Benue, Ekiti, Edo, Ebony, Imo, Niger, Sokoto, Osun, and Oyo, have this yam in large quantity in Nigeria.
A collection of the above states’ produce will make a good quantity for export to other countries that don’t have it.
Cotton
The only most natural source of fiber is Cotton. Cotton is one product that every country in the world needs for the production of clothes.
Nigeria is blessed with this rare gift. 15 African countries have cotton, and Nigeria is among the biggest producers of the product.
The African countries that are ranked number 1 and 2 for the production of cotton are Burkina Faso and Benin.
You can export your cotton to countries like China, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Turkey, Indonesia, and Hong Kong.
Cashew nut
Raw cashew nuts are one other product that Nigeria has in large quantity and can export too.
According to statistics, the yearly export volume of cashew nuts is at least $ 167 million dollars.
Cashew nuts can be exported to countries like India, Vietnam, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Belgium, etc.
FAQs
Are the 10 products the only products that Nigeria can export to other countries?
No. those are not the only products. So many things you can export from Nigeria to other countries. Apart from the ones we have mentioned above, Nigeria still has products to export.
What are other products that can be exported from Nigeria to other countries?
- Cassava flour
- Garlic
- Charcoal
- Honey
- Snail
- Chili pepper
- Charcoal
- Tobacco, manufactured substitutes
- Raw hides, skins, leather
Conclusion
Nigeria is blessed with so many products that can be exported to other countries of the world. But in this article today, our focus was on the top 10 products that Nigeria can export.
