Nigeria’s complete import from Malta rose from zero to about N1.03 trillion in 2023, in keeping with an evaluation of the overseas commerce statistics stories launched by the Nationwide Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
That is as controversy continues to path the sudden improve in Nigeria’s import from the small Southern European nation, following current accusation by Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Industries Restricted, towards Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm (NNPC) Restricted.
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A cursory evaluate of the NBS stories present that Nigeria’s complete import for 2023 was N35.92 trillion, which signifies that about 2.87% of Nigeria’s complete imports have been from Malta, regardless of no file of any worldwide commerce between the 2 international locations in 2022.
Additionally, the import from Malta was 8.41% of the whole import from Europe, which was about N12.25 trillion in 2023.