Exports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
Exports - partners: US 35%, Spain 11%, India 9%, France 6%, Italy (1998 est.)
Imports: $10 billion (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities: machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals
Imports - partners: UK 13%, US 12%, Germany 10%, France 9%,
Netherlands (1998 est.)
Debt - external: $29 billion (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient: $39.2 million (1995)
Currency: 1 naira (N) = 100 kobo
Exchange rates: nairas (N) per US$1 - 96.261 (October 1999), 99 (1999), 21.886 (1998), 21.886 (1997), 21.895 (1995)
Fiscal year: calendar year