
Nigeria has entered into a recession after its GDP plunged for the second consecutive quarter. Africa’s biggest economy is in recession for the first time since 2016. The recession four years ago was its first in a generation, and the country emerged from it the following year. However, growth has been fragile and COVID-19 has hit the economy hard, amid low oil prices. The continent’s top oil producer and exporter rely on crude sales for 90% of foreign exchange earnings.

The African nation on the Gulf of Guinea has recorded with 44,574 tonnes of aluminium bar rods and profiles import during 2019-20 and the expenditure occurred for the import stood at $99.75 million. The import for 2021 is analysed to be at 28,744 tonnes and the expenditure to stand at $60.78 million.

Nigeria’s import of aluminium bar rods and profiles in 2019 remained at 7230 tonnes only and the expenditure stood at $10.54 million, whereas, in 2020 the import surged to 37,344 tonnes, a growth by 416.51% and the expenditure grew to $80.21 million.
The import for 2021 has been evaluated with a downturn by 23.02%, as the import volume is expected to dip and remain at 28,744 tonnes and the expenditure to also drop at $60.78 million.
Nigeria’s major trading destinations for import of aluminium bar rods and profiles are China, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy, Turkey, etc.
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