Exports—commodities: petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa,
rubber
Exports—partners: US 35%, Spain 11%, Italy 6%, France 6% (1997
est.)
Imports: $9.8 billion (f.o.b., 1998)
Imports—commodities: machinery, chemicals, transportation
equipment, manufactured goods, food and animals
Imports—partners: US 14%, UK 11%, Germany 10%, France 8%,
Netherlands 5% (1997 est.)
Debt—external: $32 billion (1998 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $39.2 million (1995)
Currency: 1 naira (N) = 100 kobo
Exchange rates: nairas (N) per US$1—21.886 (December 1998), 21.886 (1998), 21.886 (1997), 21.895 (1995), 21.996 (1994)
Fiscal year: calendar year