Top 10 Agricultural Products Export from Nigeria

Sesamum seeds have been Nigeria’s agricultural product export biggest earner for the past years. In the first quarter of 2019, Nigeria made the sum of N39.6 billion from the export of the product. Sesamum Seeds
The revenue generated in Q1 2019 represents a 17% increase within just one quarter. In Q4 2018, the total value of revenue generated from the export of Sesamum seeds was put at N33.8 billion. This means, in just one quarter, revenue made rose by N5.7 billion.
Top destinations for the product include Japan, China, Turkey, India, and Vietnam.
Japan is the biggest destination for the product in the first quarter, recording N8.15 billion of Nigeria’s export product.
Other top countries like China imported Sesamum seeds estimated at N7.23 billion, Turkey (N6.72 billion) and India (N6 billion).

In the first quarter of 2019, Nigeria’s fermented cocoa beans ranks the second-biggest agricultural product export as it generated the sum of N20.1 billion.
Although there is a decline in the revenue made from the export of fragmented cocoa during the quarter, in Q4 2018, Nigeria made the sum of N24.9 billion. This means the product’s export revenue declined by 19%.
The top destinations for the product are Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Indonesia, and Spain.
Germany was the biggest importer with N5.9 billion, Netherlands (N5.7 billion), Belgium (N4.23 billion), Indonesia (N1.1 billion) and Spain (N1 billion).

The revenue made from the export of raw cocoa beans was estimated at N9.8 billion. The value recorded in Q1 2019 inched up from the N9.6 billion generated in Q4 of 2018.
The top destinations for the product are Indonesia, Belgium, Germany, Malaysia, and Estonia.
Indonesia is the biggest market for the product, recording N2.9 billion, Belgium (N705.6 million), Germany (N366.7 million), Malaysia (N113.8 million) and Estonia (NN83.10 million)

Cashew nuts are Nigeria’s 4th biggest agricultural export product. In the first quarter of 2019, the country generated a total sum of N4.3 billion. The product maintains the same spot it occupied in the last quarter of 2018.
Export revenue made from cashew nuts export dropped from N5.8 billion generated in Q4 2018, to N4.3 billion.
The top destinations are Vietnam, India, USA, Russia and the Netherlands.
Vietnam is the biggest importer with N2.8 billion, India (N1.2 billion), USA (N104 million), Russia (N42 million) and the Netherlands (N33.3 million).

Nigeria’s 5th biggest export product changed in the last quarter as frozen shrimps climbed two steps up. In Q1 2019, revenue generated from the export of frozen shrimps was estimated at N2.40 billion.
In Q4 2018, frozen shrimps ranked the 7th biggest agricultural export in Nigeria. The top destinations for the product are Netherlands, Belgium, France, Vietnam, and the USA.
The Netherlands is the biggest market with (N1.18 billion), Belgium (N385.9 million), France (N279.3 million), Vietnam (N239 million) and USA (N122.6 million).