The Nigerian Export Promotion Council says the country’s non-oil exports rose to $3.225bn in the first half of 2025, representing a 19.59 per cent increase compared to 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 on Sunday while presenting the council’s First Half-Year Progress Report on Nigeria’s non-oil export performance.
She explained that shipment volumes also grew, reaching 4.04 million metric tonnes, up from 3.83 million metric tonnes in the first half of 2024.
The growth, she noted, was fuelled by strong global demand for Nigerian products from emerging markets such as India, Brazil, Vietnam, and other African countries.
According to Ayeni, the report provides a detailed account of the council’s achievements, challenges, and future prospects as the year progresses.
“Gentlemen of the press, it is on this note that 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,” she said.
The NEPC chief added that the rise in export value was accompanied by an increase in shipment volumes.
She recalled that in the first quarter alone, non-oil exports stood at $1.791bn a 24.75 per cent jump from the $1.436bn posted in Q1 2024.
Similarly, shipment volumes in Q1 climbed to 2.416 million metric tonnes, representing a 24.3 per cent increase from the 1.937 million metric tonnes recorded in the same period last year.
