The Executive Director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Nonye Ayeni, has put the nation’s total exports for the first half of 2024 at 2.7 billion dollars, showing an increase of 2.6 per cent of the total value of exports compared to the first half of 2023.
Ayeni, who gave the breakdown at a meeting in Abuja, on Wednesday, explained that 211 products were exported during the period.
She said that the top products exported during the period under review include cocoa, beans, urea and sesame.
Top three export destinations for Nigeria, according to Ayeni, include Malaysia, Netherlands and Brazil.