www.tradenigeria.org.. Nigeria Exports primarily Petroleum and other Raw Materials such as Cocoa, rubber, palm kernel, organic oils, and fats. It Imports secondary product such as Chemicals, machinery, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, and animals, the dependence on oil and a few other commodities for Export cause Nigeria to become especially vulnerable to world oil price fluctuations. During the colonial years, Britain was Nigeria’s leading trading partner. After independence, Nigeria diversified its trading partners. It now trades worldwide with about 100 countries. The United States replaced Britain as the primary trading partner in the 1970s. However, Britain remains Nigeria’s leading vendor, setting the former colony more than 14percent of its import in the 1990s. Other major trading partner are Germany, France, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan, Italy, and Spa...