# Nigeria exports to Saudi Arabia: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Nigeria to Saudi Arabia, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/NGA-SAU/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Nigeria reported $7.4M in goods exports to Saudi Arabia. The overall review level is Watch.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $7.4M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 48.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 1 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 33.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 440290 | Wood: charcoal of wood other than bamboo (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated | $103.4M | 29.3% | High attention |
| 2 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $62.8M | 89.9% | Watch |
| 3 | 121190 | Plants and parts (including seeds and fruits) n.e.c. in heading no. 1211, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered | $61.5M | 0% | Watch |
| 4 | 121299 | Vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots, chicorium intybus sativum variety): n.e.c. in chapter 12, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, ground or unground, primarily for human consumption | $49.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 091099 | Spices: mixtures of 2 or more products of the same heading | $111.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 6 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $236.7M | 90.6% | Watch |
| 7 | 130190 | Natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins, n.e.c. in heading no. 1301 | $20.4M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 091011 | Spices: ginger, neither crushed nor ground | $31.8M | 90.1% | Watch |
| 9 | 700510 | Glass: float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, non-wired, having an absorbent reflecting or non-reflecting layer | $29.7M | 11.3% | Watch |
| 10 | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | $64.3M | 30.4% | Stable |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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