Trade

Nigeria’s total trade stood at N11,722.44 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022, a National Bureau of Statistics report has shown. The NBS Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report for Q4 2022 published on the bureau's website on Friday…

Tunisia has expelled the head of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) after she took part in an anti-government protest organised by the country's UGTT union, one of Tunisia's leading political forces. The UGTT said the expulsion…

The Nigerian government has challenged countries in Africa to expand and diversify their participation in international trade as part of measures to explore the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Minister…

The United States has dropped Burkina Faso from its AGOA trade preference program citing deep concerns over "unconstitutional change" in government in the West African country, the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) office said.…

Stakeholders of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, AfCFTA, say, the agreement has the potential to grow trade value in Nigeria to the tune of $12bn between 2023 and 2027. This was disclosed during the Nigeria AfCFTA…

China's exports and imports shrank at their steepest pace in at least 2-1/2 years in November, as feeble global and domestic demand, COVID-led production disruptions and a property slump at home piled pressure on the world's…

The Young Progressives Party (YPP) candidate for Awka North and South Federal Constituency, Hon. Kingsley Uyammadu, says that his main focus would be to create the enabling environment needed to boost sales and production, if voted into…

The Nigerian equities market recorded gains on the first day of trading this week, after experiencing days of consecutive losses last week. The all-share index rose by 0.38% or 170.23 percentage points to close at 44,662.96 points as…

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Dr Ezra Yakusak has said Nigeria's non oil export in the first quarter of 2022 hit 62.3 percent with the total value of 2.59 billion dollars. Yakusak was speaking at…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has expressed his administration's readiness to support the Oodu'a Investment Company Limited (OICL), a business conglomerate owned by the Nigerian Southwest states, to succeed in its mandate and plan to…