\n The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment said the performance of the zones reflected broad reforms implemented in 2025 to deepen industrial capacity, expand exports, attract investment, and restore confidence among global investors.\n <\/p>\n
\n The findings were outlined in a document titled 2025: A Defining Year for Nigeria\u2019s Industry, Trade and Investment.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cNigeria\u2019s Special Economic Zones generated over $500m in export revenues and created more than 20,000 direct jobs, reinforcing their role as engines of export-led growth, industrialisation and employment generation,\u201d the report said, noting coordinated work by the Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority and the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority.\n <\/p>\n
\n The figures arrive amid broader gains in Nigeria\u2019s trade landscape<\/a>, with non-oil exports rising by about 21 per cent to $12.8 billion in the first half of 2025, nearly double the government\u2019s internal target of $6.5 billion for that period.\n <\/p>\n \n This growth helped produce a trade surplus worth roughly N12 trillion, driven by stronger export performance and improvements in trade facilitation and logistics.\n <\/p>\n \n According to the review, the rise in non-oil exports was supported by increased value addition in key agricultural and manufactured products.\n <\/p>\n \n Nigeria\u2019s top export earners included cocoa and cocoa derivatives, sesame seeds, cashew nuts, shea butter, ginger, hibiscus flowers, rubber, processed palm oil, fertilisers, cement, and liquefied natural gas. Efforts to build exporter capacity were also highlighted.\n <\/p>\n