Learn about the market

The export market in Nigeria is so complex, you will fail if you take a plunge without having gathered enough knowledge and experience. So, before starting out you need to take your time to learn vital details about the export business such as licensing requirements, port procedures, product sourcing, working with foreign agents and distributors, locating profitable foreign markets, and so on.

Which state has the best shea butter in Nigeria?

Raw unrefined shea butter has been produced in Nigeria for millennia. Nigeria produces 500,000MT of unrefined shea butter annually (with a trade value of $400,000), which makes it the top producer of shea butter in the world. It is produced primarily in Kwara and Niger states; other states include Kogi, Kebbi and Ogun.

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Our Export Training Program is available. You can subscribe to the training to receive in depth knowledge of the Export trade.

We support you to get genuine buyers for your commodities you have chosen. We have buyers and importers contacts and fresh contracts can also be sourced for you in the name of your company.

A key challenge for an exporter is to decide on the right price for their product. This price must be reasonable, yet competitive. A high price can be competitive if it comes with a high product quality, prompt delivery, specialised packaging and added benefits.

Quality assessment is usually a great problem for a lot of exporters and managing this risk is key to building a profitable fast-growing international trade business, since meeting your obligations would help spread word of mouth. But when you fail to meet the quality standards specified, you wouldn’t just lose clients, but would also very likely lose your investment.

Agricultural Export business offers a lot of business opportunities for the budding and potential Exporters. The opportunities in Agriculture and Agro Export are numerous especially along the value chains. You can decide to venture as a full time exporters, contract sourcing agent, commodity sourcing agent, a middle man etc.

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NIGERIA SUSTAINABILITY GINGER PROGRAMME (NSGP 2021-2025): CBI GINGER TEAM MISSION TO NIGERIA

The Council is collaborating with the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) to implement the Nigeria Sustainability Ginger Programme to ensure a sustainable and high quality ginger production in Nigeria while also supporting the sector to generate high value ginger for the EU and other international markets.

It is based on this that the CBI team met with the ED/CEO and NEPC Mgt on 14th June,2022 to give an update on the implementation of the multi-lateral MOU signed by CBI, NEPC, SON & NGAN on the Programme.

The CBI team also had a meeting today, 16th June, 2022 with Export Support Officers (ESOs) for updates on their expected roles in the ginger project.

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After your market research and product analysis, you will need to source for buyers. How do you get real and genuine buyers for your products? Finding buyers for your export business is one of the challenge of Export business.

We support you to get genuine buyers for your commodities you have chosen. We have buyers and importers contacts and fresh contracts can also be sourced for you in the name of your company.

Our job is to train and equip you with all technical knowledge and information to achieve great success in Export. We will reduce your risk to the barest minimum by covering all aspects of the challenges most exporters have in Nigeria and ways through them

Our Export training service will help you in your market research and product analysis: Market and product research should precede buyer search.

You can't source for a buyer in a country that don't want or need your product. How do you know there is market for your product in a particular country or continent? How do you analysis your market?

To sell a product, you need a market for it. Where is the demand? Is it stable? Is it profitable in short and long term? Are there trade barriers? In export, your market is a country or countries with a demand for your product. So, how does an exporter go about finding this market?

After your market research and product analysis, you will need to source for buyers. How do you get real and genuine buyers for your products? Finding buyers for your export business is one of the challenge of Export business.

We support you to get genuine buyers for your commodities you have chosen. We have buyers and importers contacts and fresh contracts can also be sourced for you in the name of your company.

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Product factsheets – brief information on selected products including product history, sourcing, location, packaging, certification, market requirements, and more.

Quality Control

Improving quality control standards will assist Nigeria in expanding its export markets in coming years. In a report released in November 2017, FMARD outlined its work on the Single Quality Control Management Plan. This five-year action plan, running to 2021, aims to bring Nigerian agricultural exports up to international standards. As it was requested by the EU, FMARD and EU officials met twice in early 2017 to discuss food safety and the “zero reject” goal for Nigeria’s products. FMARD officials have stated that standards and quality control measures are now being developed to improve compliance with EU regulations.

One major intervention will be to improve food packaging through reforms.

Our Export Training Program is available. You can subscribe to the training to receive in depth knowledge of the Export trade.

You want to send out your product samples to get feedback from buyers. But how can you then find your buyers? Fortunately there are plenty of international buyer directories available (some free of charge, others with paid subscriptions).

Export Documents and Procedures

To export from Nigeria you should follow the appropriate export procedure. This is a formal process in conducting international trade in Nigeria. Certain export documents are attached to this procedure. Export documentation is necessary to facilitate exports of goods and services.

The demand for Shea, Avocado and Aloe vera made products has been on the steady rise in the local and International market.

Exporting is lucrative because sometimes local prices are way lower than the export prices are. For example, If you want to start a direct export business in Nigeria, then you need to know very well, what kinds of goods are exported from Nigeria. With direct export business, product selection is very important.

Benefits of Acquiring An Export Certificate

Besides the fact that you need an exporters certificate for exports, registering at NEPC gives you a lot of additional advantages:

You have the availability to trade promotion support services from NEPC
You are able to request NEPC administered (pre- and post-)export incentives
You can register for numerous trainings, clinics, seminars, and more
You can collaborate and exchange ideas through a network of exporters.

With global food demand booming, Nigeria is ideally placed to become a premium food supplier and a long-term partner of choice in food security. To help its agribusiness and food sector scale-up and make the most of growth opportunities, Nigeria is keen to attract investment in innovation, agriculture production incorporating food and fibre products, and advanced food processing.

Our Export Training Program is available. You can subscribe to the training to receive in depth knowledge of the Export trade.

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We have a large quantity of Sheabutter of grade A, B and C available and can produce as much as 100 tons per monthly basis.

Payment methods

There are different payment methods possible between you and your buyers. The main options are:
Documentary credit (e.g. Letter of Credit)
Open account (e.g. advanced payment, cash against document, deferred payment)
Documentary collections

It is advised to always check and discuss your options for payment with a financial adviser. This ensures you to have the right agreements on payment in your eventual export contract.

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Sesame Seeds as Export Products

Sesame seeds in ranked second when it comes to the sought-after cash crop in Nigeria; the first is Cocoa. As a result, Nigeria is ranked third on the list of major producer of sesame seeds across the globe. Only India and China (respectively) produce more.

Presently, Nigeria currently produces over 450,000 tonnes of Sesame Seed per year. And with the current cost/tonne in the global market, the country is raking in substantial revenue for the exportation of Sesame seeds.

Pricing methods

The most common methods for price calculation are the ‘cost plus’- and ‘top down’-method. In order to achieve best results in setting your export price, we recommend the use of both methods. This means that you calculate:

Outwards your ex-factory price to the end consumer (cost plus)
from the ideal end consumer price backwards (top down)


Both methods have their strengths and weaknesses hence, you should calculate both for optimum export pricing balance. Please note that this could be different based on export destination!