Nigeria top 20 products at 2 Digit

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Nigeria's Top 20 Products of Global Imports at 2 Digit HS Code Level

The top 20 product items contribute to 85.17% of the total imports of Nigeria in 2008.The 10 Major supplier countries were China, USA, Belize, Germany, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, India, UAE and Switzerland.in that order. These supplier countries constituted 62.0% share in Nigeria’s Total Imports in 2008.

All values in USD Million
Rank in Nigeria's Global Imports Year 2008	HS Code	Description	Value of Global Imports in 2007	Value of Global Imports in 2008	%age Share of product in total imports 2008	%age Growth 2008/07	Major Supplier (Top 3) Countries	% age Share of Major Suppliers	%age Growth 2008/07	India
										Rank	%age Share in Global imports 2008	%age Growth 2008/07
-	TOTAL	All products	32,357.35	27,840.35	100.00	-13.96	China	15.23	-13.68	8th	3.63	-29.90
							United States of America	8.20	-53.34
							Belize	7.10	11,031.94
1	84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc	4,615.40	4,904.25	17.62	6.26	China	16.40	15.28	7th	5.07	-17.02
							United States of America	10.55	-22.38
							Belize	8.77	3,18,391.11
2	87	Vehicles other than railway, tramway	3,964.42	3,985.88	14.32	0.54	Germany	18.30	156.58	13th	2.05	-10.65
							China	18.20	-45.10
							Belize	9.81	1,30,35,800.00
3	85	Electrical, electronic equipment	2,529.53	3,786.60	13.60	49.70	Switzerland	19.63	8,278.22	15th	2.00	-2.33
							China	19.37	5.84
							France	6.27	7.41
4	73	Articles of iron or steel	1,780.50	1,446.98	5.20	-18.73	United States of America	15.43	-52.62	9th	3.55	-43.22
							France	11.31	-41.37
							China	11.13	5.98
5	39	Plastics and articles thereof	2,335.73	1,318.47	4.74	-43.55	Republic of Korea	17.51	-47.91	9th	3.59	-25.41
							China	13.03	13.65
							United States of America	8.76	-62.49
6	52	Cotton	132.94	1,138.76	4.09	756.62	Togo	64.55	N/A	57th	N/A	N/A
							United Arab Emirates	28.29	N/A
							Brazil	7.00	N/A
7	72	Iron and steel	1,516.88	1,040.50	3.74	-31.41	China	18.51	-27.35	7th	4.78	-38.35
							Ukraine	15.37	-44.66
							Albania	9.33	N/A
8	10	Cereals	2,660.05	762.71	2.74	-71.33	United States of America	40.65	-78.78	4th	4.13	-77.46
							Belize	32.84	N/A
							Argentina	5.95	-52.27
9	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic invertebrates nes	1,185.96	613.97	2.21	-48.23	United States of America	12.00	7.86	43rd	0.07	-66.93
							Chile	10.95	-73.78
							Albania	7.51	N/A
10	29	Organic chemicals	687.65	536.53	1.93	-21.98	China	13.95	-7.77	5th	6.78	18.96
							Belgium	8.78	-58.33
							Germany	7.67	-26.86
11	48	Paper & paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board	772.31	521.29	1.87	-32.50	China	10.52	-31.78	5th	6.05	-54.60
							South Africa	10.10	-21.56
							Belgium	9.89	-63.02
12	25	Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement	571.28	501.21	1.80	-12.26	Chinese Taipei	20.40	24.38	11th	1.37	43.55
							Greece	17.68	231.70
							China	15.05	-14.84
13	40	Rubber and articles thereof	424.50	474.97	1.71	11.89	China	26.37	2.67	5th	5.18	-50.19
							Belgium	16.29	50.78
							France	5.33	140.91
14	27	Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc	598.81	455.06	1.63	-24.01	United States of America	14.87	-26.71	15th	1.87	59.79
							Switzerland	11.48	13.10
							France	11.46	3.34
15	31	Fertilizers	498.48	419.45	1.51	-15.85	Ukraine	20.39	7.28	25th	0.13	1,517.65
							China	11.74	1,425.91
							Germany	10.01	190.54
16	90	Optical, photo, technical, medical, etc apparatus	328.54	399.37	1.43	21.56	Belize	26.66	N/A	10th	2.72	62.75
							China	16.71	-53.31
							Germany	9.91	212.98
17	76	Aluminium and articles thereof	666.89	390.57	1.40	-41.43	China	36.13	-10.95	2nd	14.43	-51.08
							India	14.43	-51.08
							South Africa	7.33	-52.55
18	04	Dairy products, eggs, honey, edible animal product nes	1,016.65	383.66	1.38	-62.26	Netherlands	22.50	-57.93	26th	0.45	-22.51
							Ireland	11.51	-65.64
							New Zealand	11.06	-52.33
19	69	Ceramic products	245.91	314.02	1.13	27.70	China	66.95	81.80	4th	2.74	51.09
							Botswana	5.02	N/A
							Italy	3.73	-11.63
20	38	Miscellaneous chemical products	501.20	312.17	1.12	-37.71	China	16.01	-37.68	5th	6.58	-56.32
							United States of America	10.39	-47.53
							Belize	9.81	N/A

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