In the third quarter of the year (Q3 2021), Nigeria's overall external merchandise trade deficit was N3.02trillion, as imports greatly outnumbered exports, resulting in an unfavourable trade balance.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) foreign trade in goods statistics (Q3 2021)
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