The recent Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that Nigeria recorded a trade deficit of N1.41 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2023 (Q4 2023). In the quarter, Nigeria’s total trade was ₦26.80 trillion, implying a 38.24 percent increase from the value recorded in the third quarter of 2023 (N19.38 trillion) and a 128.64 percent increase from the value recorded in the corresponding period in 2022 (11.72 trillion). Total exports stood at N12.69 trillion, and imports at N14.10 trillion.
March 27, 2024
Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 10)
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Recently released report by the National Bureau of Statistics shows that Nigeria recorded remarkable Year-on-Year (YoY) and Quarter-over-Quarter (QoQ) increase in capital importation. Total capital importation stood at $1,792.3 million in 2017Q2, representing 72 percent YoY and 97 percent QoQ growths respectively. Disaggregated data points to portfolio investment as the dominant type of investment imported, with a value of $770.5 million, 43 percent of total capital importation. The increase in capital importation was driven by 145 percent QoQ surge in portfolio investment and a remarkable increase in capital imported through shares.