Nigeria, March 24 -- Following a top-level London conference on March 18, 2026, under the Nigeria-United Kingdom Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership during President Bola Tinubu's state visit, the efforts of HM Revenue and Customs and Nigeria Customs Service officers acknowledged that differences in trade statistics remain a structural problem demanding collaborative action.



Data from opposite directions show a clear incompatibility. Although British figures placed exports to Nigeria at about £1.7 billion for the same period, Nigeria reported about £504 million in imports from the UK in 2024.



Both nations are considering a pre-arrival data exchange mechanism between their electronic customs systems to address this...