Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria
What moves each way, the scams to watch for, and what to check before you trade.
Trade safely with Nigeria
The scams, documents and rules that matter on this corridor. Written and reviewed by our team, and dated.
Corridor-specific scam patterns and rules are still being reviewed by our team and will appear here once published.
- Confirm the company exists in an official register and that its name matches the one on the invoice.
- Before paying into a new or changed bank account, phone the company on a number you already hold, not one from the invoice or email.
- Test the container number, ship number, ports and dates on the bill of lading with the Document checker.
- Be wary of paying in advance for goods you have not seen, or of fees demanded to release a shipment.
- Ask the carrier directly to confirm the shipment exists and where it is.
In 2025, Côte d'Ivoire sold Nigeria about $133.0 million of goods. The biggest products were petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen, cosmetic and toilet preparations and palm oil and its fractions, which together make up 60% of the total. The total has fallen by about 11% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, woven fabrics of cotton is growing fastest, at about 135% a year.
In 2025, Côte d'Ivoire bought about $1.9 billion of goods from Nigeria. The biggest products were petroleum oils and oils obtained from…, petroleum oils and oils from bituminous… and insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, which together make up 97% of the total. More than half of this trade is one product (petroleum oils and oils obtained from…), so it leans heavily on that one line. The total has fallen by about 3.5% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, petroleum oils and oils from bituminous… is growing fastest, at about 4,499% a year.
Trade by year
Total trade each year, as reported in the tables below. A missing bar means no report for that year, not zero trade.
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| Year | Côte d'Ivoire sells to Nigeria | Côte d'Ivoire buys from Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $190.7m | $2.2bn |
| 2023 | $147.4m | $2.6bn |
| 2024 | $163.6m | $2.3bn |
| 2025 | $133m | $1.9bn |
What Côte d'Ivoire sells to Nigeria
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen (other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals) Product code 2713 · Fuels and oils | $37.3m | 28.1% | -13.8% a year |
| Cosmetic and toilet preparations (beauty, make-up and skin care preparations (excluding medicaments, including… Product code 3304 · Cosmetics and perfumery | $27.4m Nigeria reports $6.7m | 20.6% | +0.9% a year |
| Palm oil and its fractions (whether or not refined, but not chemically modified) Product code 1511 · Fats and oils | $14.6m | 11.0% | -32.3% a year |
Biggest product groups: Cosmetics and perfumery (29%), Fuels and oils (28%), Fats and oils (11%), Miscellaneous food preparations (7%), Soap and cleaning products (6%) .
What Côte d'Ivoire buys from Nigeria
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (crude) Product code 2709 · Fuels and oils | $1.5bn | 76.4% | -10.8% a year |
| Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude (preparations not listed elsewhere, containing by… Product code 2710 · Fuels and oils | $398.9m | 20.5% | +4,498.9% a year |
| Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators, disinfec… Product code 3808 · Miscellaneous chemicals | $11.2m | 0.6% | +0.1% a year |
Biggest product groups: Fuels and oils (97%), Miscellaneous chemicals (1%), Fertilisers (0%), Salt, stone and cement (0%), Paper and board (0%) .
Where the opportunities are
Products that are moving on this corridor. Only products of a meaningful size are listed. Treat these as leads to check, not promises: a fast rise can reverse.
Room to grow
Products that a market buys a lot of, where this corridor supplies only a small part. Shares are for the latest year both sides reported. A small share can also mean a hard market, so check the rules and the buyer first.
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Value is what was traded in the year, in US dollars. A big number means a big market, not necessarily an easy one to enter.
Share is that product's part of the total in the table above. A product with a large share is what this corridor already trades most of.
Growth is the average yearly change since the first year shown. A green figure means trade in that product is rising.
Product code is the international customs code (HS) for the product group. Your customs agent and the guide below will ask for it, and it decides the duty you pay.
These are totals reported by customs authorities, not prices or orders. Use them to see where demand exists, then check the rules and the company you plan to deal with.
Next steps
Trade figures are what each country reported to the UN (Comtrade), in US dollars. Imports are usually reported including freight and insurance, exports without, so the two sides of a corridor will not match exactly. Company counts are companies listed on ExporterIQ.