# Nigeria Chemicals Export Opportunities (HS 28-38) ![Yugalinks](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/yugalinks-logo-v3-dark-mode.webp) > Yugalinks sector export playbook Explore Nigeria HS 28-38 chemicals export opportunities, product portfolio, buyer markets, growth signals, and diversification opportunities. ## Overview - Exporter: Nigeria (NGA) - Sector: Chemicals - HS chapters: HS 28-38 - Latest trade year: 2024 - Sector exports: $23.9M - Products: 24 - Buyer markets: 21 - Average CAGR: +8.0% - Global sector size: $404.2B ## Product portfolio | Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share | | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | HS 300490 - Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $258.0B | $74.1K | $93.9B | -2.2% | 16 | +0.0% | | HS 382499 - Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $25.3B | $4.4M | $16.6B | -6.5% | 9 | +0.0% | | HS 300212 - Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: antisera and other blood fractions | $21.5B | $81.2K | $11.2B | +21.5% | 4 | +0.0% | | HS 382200 - Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material | $19.7B | $24.0K | $8.8B | -2.0% | 6 | +0.0% | | HS 300215 - Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $15.0B | $9.6K | $8.1B | -43.3% | 3 | +0.0% | | HS 330210 - Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industries | $6.2B | $6.4K | $7.9B | +10.8% | 3 | +0.0% | | HS 330300 - Perfumes and toilet waters | $9.3B | $12.1K | $5.1B | +15.6% | 4 | +0.0% | | HS 330499 - Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $10.7B | $637.6K | $4.7B | +39.6% | 4 | +0.0% | | HS 293499 - Nucleic acids and their salts, other heterocyclic compounds, n.e.c. in heading number 2934 | $5.8B | $54.9 | $4.6B | -3.4% | 1 | +0.0% | | HS 300439 - Medicaments: containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $4.5B | $3.4K | $3.2B | -3.8% | 2 | +0.0% | | HS 382600 - Biodiesel and mixtures thereof: not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | $4.8B | $149.9 | $2.8B | +0.9% | 1 | +0.0% | | HS 300290 - Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products | $4.4B | $16.0K | $2.5B | +14.1% | 3 | +0.0% | | HS 300390 - Medicaments: (not containing antibiotics, hormones, alkaloids or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale) | $3.8B | $5.9K | $2.2B | -1.3% | 2 | +0.0% | | HS 340220 - Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | $2.3B | $12.9K | $2.1B | +3.8% | 2 | +0.0% | | HS 382319 - Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids: acid oils from refining: (other than stearic acid, oleic acid or tall oil fatty acids) | $1.3B | $373.1K | $1.9B | +143.2% | 1 | +0.0% | | HS 380893 - Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: not containing substances of 3808.50: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $2.0B | $5.4K | $1.7B | +13.1% | 1 | +0.0% | | HS 300670 - Pharmaceutical goods: Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments | $1.2B | $9.0 | $1.4B | -74.8% | 1 | +0.0% | | HS 382370 - Industrial fatty alcohols | $1.0B | $91.1 | $1.3B | +235.7% | 1 | +0.0% | | HS 290110 - Acyclic hydrocarbons: saturated | $916.4M | $305.9K | $1.3B | -27.5% | 1 | +0.0% | | HS 310210 - Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | $2.0B | $17.5M | $997.9M | +122.9% | 1 | +0.9% | | HS 330290 - Odoriferous substances and mixtures: used as raw materials in industries other than the food or drink industries | $1.3B | $125.4 | $803.3M | -5.4% | 1 | +0.0% | | HS 293399 - Heterocyclic compounds: n.e.c. in headings no. 2933 | $734.9M | $318.9 | $798.7M | -24.1% | 1 | +0.0% | | HS 281820 - Aluminium oxide: other than artificial corundum | $1.0B | $77.3K | $764.0M | +7.5% | 1 | +0.0% | | HS 380891 - Insecticides: not containing substances of 3808.50: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $1.6B | $340.1K | $712.0M | +30.1% | 1 | +0.0% | ## Best markets - USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): $44.4B calculated opportunity across 11 products. - Switzerland, Liechtenstein (CHE): $30.7B calculated opportunity across 2 products. - Germany (DEU): $16.8B calculated opportunity across 6 products. - Belgium (BEL): $13.4B calculated opportunity across 4 products. - United Kingdom (GBR): $11.5B calculated opportunity across 7 products. - China (CHN): $10.3B calculated opportunity across 6 products. - Netherlands (NLD): $9.5B calculated opportunity across 3 products. - Canada (CAN): $9.0B calculated opportunity across 6 products. - Spain (ESP): $6.1B calculated opportunity across 2 products. - France (FRA): $5.8B calculated opportunity across 4 products. - Italy (ITA): $5.6B calculated opportunity across 2 products. - Austria (AUT): $4.8B calculated opportunity across 3 products. ## Growth stars - HS 382370: +235.7% average CAGR, $1.3B calculated opportunity. - HS 382319: +143.2% average CAGR, $1.9B calculated opportunity. - HS 310210: +122.9% average CAGR, $997.9M calculated opportunity. - HS 330499: +39.6% average CAGR, $4.7B calculated opportunity. - HS 380891: +30.1% average CAGR, $712.0M calculated opportunity. - HS 300212: +21.5% average CAGR, $11.2B calculated opportunity. - HS 330300: +15.6% average CAGR, $5.1B calculated opportunity. - HS 300290: +14.1% average CAGR, $2.5B calculated opportunity. - HS 380893: +13.1% average CAGR, $1.7B calculated opportunity. - HS 330210: +10.8% average CAGR, $7.9B calculated opportunity. ## Diversification opportunities - HS 300490: 16 buyer markets, $93.9B calculated opportunity. - HS 382499: 9 buyer markets, $16.6B calculated opportunity. - HS 382200: 6 buyer markets, $8.8B calculated opportunity. - HS 300212: 4 buyer markets, $11.2B calculated opportunity. - HS 330300: 4 buyer markets, $5.1B calculated opportunity. - HS 330499: 4 buyer markets, $4.7B calculated opportunity. - HS 300215: 3 buyer markets, $8.1B calculated opportunity. - HS 330210: 3 buyer markets, $7.9B calculated opportunity. - HS 300290: 3 buyer markets, $2.5B calculated opportunity. - HS 300439: 2 buyer markets, $3.2B calculated opportunity. ## Method Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate buyers, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting. [Read the Yugalinks methodology](https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology). ## Data sources - Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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) This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.