The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the nation’s total merchandise trade stood at N35,160.44 billion in Q3, 2024.
This was contained in the Bureau’s Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report for Q3, 2024, released on Friday in Abuja.
NBS said the figure represented an increase of 81.35% compared to the value recorded in the corresponding period of 2023 and a rise of 13.26% over the value recorded in the preceding quarter.
It said in the quarter under review, exports accounted for 58.27% of total trade with a value of N20,486.39 billion, showing an increase of 98.00% rise over the value recorded in the third quarter of 2023 (N10,346.60) and 16.76% compared to the value recorded in Q2 2024 (N17,545.62).
The Bureau revealed that the country’s exports trade continued to be dominated by crude oil exports, saying that in the third quarter of 2024, crude oil export was valued at N13,406.37 billion representing 65.44% of total exports while the value of non-crude oil exports stood at N7,080.02 billion accounting for 34.56% of total exports; of which non-oil products contributed N2,501.85 billion or 12.21% of total exports.
On the other hand, it said the share of imports accounted for 41.73% of total trade in the third quarter of 2024 with the value of imports amounting to N14,674.05 billion in Q3, 2024.
This value, according to the NBS, indicated an increase of 62.30% compared to the value recorded in Q3 2023 (N9,041.24 billion) and 8.71% over the value recorded in Q2 2024 (N13,497.90 billion).
It added that the merchandise trade balance for Q3 2024 remained positive at N5,812.34 billion indicating an increase of 43.60% compared to the value recorded in the preceding quarter.
