Nigeria’s non-oil exports soared to $3.225bn in the first half of 2025, marking yet another milestone in the sector’s growth, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council announced on Sunday.
This figure represents a 19.59 per cent increase over the $2.696bn recorded in the same period of 2024.
The Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the NEPC, Nonye Ayeni, disclosed this in Abuja while presenting the council’s First Half-Year Progress Report on the nation’s non-oil export performance.
She said the volume of goods shipped abroad also rose to 4.04 million metric tonnes from 3.83 million metric tonnes in the first half of last year, driven by strong global demand for Nigerian commodities from emerging markets such as India, Brazil, Vietnam, and other African countries.
Ayeni said the report was a comprehensive overview of the council’s achievements, challenges, and prospects, as Nigeria gradually moves towards the close of 2025.
She declared, “I am pleased to inform you that non-oil products exported in the first half of 2025 were valued at $3.225bn. This shows an increase of 19.59 per cent as against the sum of $2.696bn recorded for the first half of the year 2024.”
