{"id":339651,"date":"2025-12-09T20:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/339651\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T20:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:43:11","slug":"nigeria-receives-50000-tonnes-of-u-s-wheat-worth-over-n21billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/339651\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Receives 50,000 Tonnes Of U.S. Wheat Worth Over N21Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

U.S. Consul General Rick Swart and U.S. Agricultural Counselor Chris Bielecki were on hand to witness the unloading of the cargo.<\/p>\n

A shipment of 50,000 metric tonnes of U.S.-grown wheat valued at approximately $15 million (approximately\u00a0\u20a621.8 billion) has arrived at Apapa Port, highlighting the growing agricultural trade between Nigeria and the United States.<\/p>\n

U.S. Consul General Rick Swart and U.S. Agricultural Counselor Chris Bielecki were on hand to witness the unloading of the cargo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shipment highlights the growing agricultural partnership between the two nations,\u201d the officials said, underlining the benefits of such trade.<\/p>\n

\"Wgeat<\/p>\n

They added, \u201cTrade in U.S. agricultural products supports American farmers, enables Nigerian companies to expand value-added food processing and create jobs, and delivers high-quality ingredients to Nigerian consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, bilateral agricultural trade between the United States and Nigeria is projected to more than double, surpassing $700 million in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cA milestone that benefits producers, businesses, and households in both countries,\u201d the officials noted.<\/p>\n

Observers say the steady arrival of U.S. wheat reflects \u201cthe strength of commercial ties and the critical role of agriculture in the broader U.S. Nigeria economic relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Consul General Rick Swart and U.S. Agricultural Counselor Chris Bielecki were on hand to witness the unloading…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1926,4,28,37948,101,88,2420,96649,5998,111,99],"class_list":["post-339651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-africa","tag-breaking-news","tag-business","tag-corruption","tag-economy","tag-entertainment","tag-government","tag-investigative-reporting","tag-nigeria","tag-politics","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}