Compared to the same time in 2024 (H1’24), the amount of commerce between Nigeria and China grew by 34.7% to $15.48 billion between January and July 2025 (H1’25). This was revealed by Yan Yuqing, China’s consul general in Lagos, at a reception honouring the Mid-Autumn Festival, Nigeria’s 64th anniversary of independence, and China’s 76th anniversary of establishment. During the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit, Yuqing announced that Nigeria is now China’s second-largest trading partner in Africa. He credited the increase in trade to the upgrading of bilateral relations to…
Nigeria, China trade hits $15.48bn in H1’25
