U.S. goods imports from Nigeria remain heavily concentrated in energy products. In 2024, total U.S. imports from Nigeria were measured in the low single-digit billions of dollars annually, with crude petroleum and related mineral fuels accounting for the overwhelming majority of the value. Outside of oil and gas, Nigeria’s presence in U.S. import data is minimal.
Non-oil categories—such as agricultural goods, processed foods, light manufactures, and industrial inputs—represent only a small fraction of total U.S. imports from Nigeria. On a monthly basis, these flows are negligible when compared with overall U.S. goods imports, which run into the hundreds of billions of dollars. As a result, Nigeria’s non-oil exports do not materially affect U.S. supply chains, pricing dynamics, or import diversification metrics.
The data underscore the limited penetration of Nigerian non-oil goods into the U.S. market despite long-standing policy goals around export diversification. While Nigeria exports non-oil products globally, those volumes do not translate into meaningful scale within U.S. customs statistics. The bilateral trade relationship, as reflected in U.S. import data, remains structurally oil-dependent, with non-oil imports statistically immaterial.