By ancient tradition, commercial activities have a very important role in the life of the country; internal exchanges take place mainly between the North and the South, which have different productions. Nigeria exports, in addition to oil and its derivatives, cocoa, leather, shellfish, timber, cotton and rubber; imports are mainly represented by chemicals, machinery and means of transport, various industrial products and foodstuffs. The trade balance, thanks to oil, is usually active; trade takes place mainly with the United States (almost 50% of total exports) then with Great Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands, China, South Korea, Japan and Indonesia.
The ways of communication, without other good for an African country and to whose enhancement the government has allocated conspicuous investments, are represented by a road network of 193,200 km (in 2004), almost one sixth asphalted, and by a not negligible railway network of over 3500 km. The fundamental road artery connects Lagos to the north of the country so as to touch Kaduna and Kano and continues its journey in the Republic of Niger; likewise, the road linking Port Harcourt with the Jos plateau crosses the country from S to N. The main transversal lines are: the southern one from Lagos to Onitsha and Cameroon and the northern one from Kano to Chad. Alongside the meridian roads are the railway ones, which from Lagos and Port Harcourt connect with Kaduna, Kano and Nguru, on the border with Niger, while a trunk starts from Kaduna for Maiduguri, near the border with Chad. The navigation on the Niger and Benue rivers (over 600 km) is important, although the respective higher courses do not lend themselves everywhere and always to traffic, which in any case must be carried out with modest boats. The outlets to the sea consist mainly of the two large ports of Lagos and Port Harcourt; the Calabar port and the so-called complex of the “delta ports” follow in importance, which includes the eminently oil ports of Bonny, Warri, Sapele, etc. A good air network ensures rapid connections both within Nigeria and with various African, European and Asian countries as well as with the United States; main airports are those of Lagos / Ikeja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Calabar. The navigation on the Niger and Benue rivers (over 600 km) is important, although the respective higher courses do not lend themselves everywhere and always to traffic, which in any case must be carried out with modest boats.
According to Businesscarriers, the outlets to the sea consist mainly of the two large ports of Lagos and Port Harcourt; the Calabar port and the so-called complex of the “delta ports” follow in importance, which includes the eminently oil ports of Bonny, Warri, Sapele, etc. A good air network ensures rapid connections both within Nigeria and with various African, European and Asian countries as well as with the United States; main airports are those of Lagos / Ikeja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Calabar. The navigation on the Niger and Benue rivers (over 600 km) is important, although the respective higher courses do not lend themselves everywhere and always to traffic, which in any case must be carried out with modest boats. The outlets to the sea consist mainly of the two large ports of Lagos and Port Harcourt; the Calabar port and the so-called complex of the “delta ports” follow in importance, which includes the eminently oil ports of Bonny, Warri, Sapele, etc. A good air network ensures rapid connections both within Nigeria and with various African, European and Asian countries as well as with the United States; main airports are those of Lagos / Ikeja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Calabar. which in any case must be carried out with modest boats. The outlets to the sea consist mainly of the two large ports of Lagos and Port Harcourt; the Calabar port and the so-called complex of the “delta ports” follow in importance, which includes the eminently oil ports of Bonny, Warri, Sapele, etc. A good air network ensures rapid connections both within Nigeria and with various African, European and Asian countries as well as with the United States; main airports are those of Lagos / Ikeja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Calabar. which in any case must be carried out with modest boats. The outlets to the sea consist mainly of the two large ports of Lagos and Port Harcourt; the Calabar port and the so-called complex of the “delta ports” follow in importance, which includes the eminently oil ports of Bonny, Warri, Sapele, etc. A good air network ensures rapid connections both within Nigeria and with various African, European and Asian countries as well as with the United States; main airports are those of Lagos / Ikeja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Calabar. A good air network ensures rapid connections both within Nigeria and with various African, European and Asian countries as well as with the United States; main airports are those of Lagos / Ikeja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Calabar. A good air network ensures rapid connections both within Nigeria and with various African, European and Asian countries as well as with the United States; main airports are those of Lagos / Ikeja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Calabar.
