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Nigeria’s cocoa exports to US surged to $142m in 2025- US mission
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Nigeria’s cocoa bean exports to the United States elevated greater than six fold in 2025, rising from $21.7 million in 2024 to $142 million, the US mission in Nigeria has mentioned.
The determine represents a rise of about 554.4 per cent inside one 12 months, highlighting the rising worth of Nigeria’s cocoa commerce with the US.
“U.S. demand for Nigerian cocoa is booming. Cocoa bean exports to the United States jumped from $21.7 million in 2024 to $142 million in 2025,” the US mission mentioned in a publish on its official Facebook web page Tuesday.
The mission mentioned the commerce relationship additionally advantages Nigeria via US agricultural exports, noting that wheat accounts for 67 % of US agricultural exports to the nation.
The commerce, it mentioned, represents “fair, two-way trade that works for farmers, businesses, and families on both sides of the Atlantic.”
Nigeria’s cocoa business has struggled with declining productiveness, ageing plantations and rising stress from urbanisation and inhabitants development, which proceed to scale back accessible farmland in main producing states.
Many cocoa bushes are between 20 and 40 years previous, whereas the typical cocoa farmer is about 60-years- previous. The ageing plantations and farming inhabitants have contributed to declining yields and restricted youth participation within the sector.
Smallholder farmers additionally face excessive borrowing prices, insufficient entry to fertilisers and pesticides, poor-quality or counterfeit seedlings, and restricted entry to reasonably priced financing.
Meanwhile, worldwide laws, together with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), are rising stress on producers and exporters to show traceability and make sure that their provide chains aren’t linked to deforestation.
Nigeria’s restricted home processing capability is one other main problem. Historically, greater than 80 per cent of the nation’s cocoa has been exported in uncooked type, limiting alternatives for native worth addition, industrial growth, and job creation.
However, indigenous corporations, together with Johnvents, which operates in Ondo state, are in search of to broaden home processing and the manufacturing of chocolate and different cocoa-derived merchandise.
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