Nigeria imports £1.1 billion refined oil from UK in 2025

Nigeria buys £1.1 billion worth of refined oil from the United Kingdom in the 12 months ended December 2025, highlighting the country’s continued reliance on imported petroleum products despite ongoing efforts to boost domestic refining capacity.

The latest Trade and Investment Factsheet released by the UK Department for Business and Trade showed that refined oil remained the dominant UK export to Nigeria, accounting for 60.5 per cent of all goods exported from the UK to the country during the review period.

The value of refined oil exports also rose by 9.4 per cent compared with the preceding year.

The figure comes at a time when Nigeria is seeking to reduce its dependence on imported fuel through increased local refining output, including supplies from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the rehabilitation of state-owned refineries.
. Nairametric