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China has announced plans to grant Nigeria and 52 other African nations full duty-free access to its vast consumer market. The new trade initiative, disclosed by President Xi Jinping in a letter to African foreign ministers, will extend zero-tariff treatment to 100% of tariff lines for all African countries maintaining diplomatic ties with Beijing.
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The move builds on a previous policy that benefited only 33 least-developed African nations and is part of China’s broader strategy to deepen economic cooperation with the continent amid intensifying trade tensions with the United States. Chinese exports to Africa surged 12.4% in the first five months of the year, reaching a record 963 billion yuan ($134 billion), according to China’s Foreign Ministry.
If implemented, the zero-tariff regime will allow virtually all Nigerian goods, from agricultural produce and manufactured items to solid minerals, to enter the Chinese market without the burden of import duties. This could significantly boost non-oil exports, especially in sectors like agriculture, textiles, solid minerals, and manufactured goods, areas where Nigeria has long sought to diversify
The announcement comes at a critical time, as over 30 African countries, including Nigeria, face the risk of being excluded from the United States’ African Growth and Opportunity Act, a preferential trade agreement that once allowed eligible nations to export goods to the US duty-free. For Nigeria, which imported goods worth N4.66 trillion from China in the first quarter of 2025, this new trade initiative could be a game-changer in boosting its exports to China.
The deepening rivalry between Washington and Beijing has seen both powers engage in tit-for-tat tariff increases, with China now looking to Africa as a buffer against the economic fallout of the ongoing trade war. Officials from the world’s two biggest economies agreed to a new framework to defuse tensions at a meeting in London earlier this week
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