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Dry Beans

Dry beans are a versatile and nutritious crop with high demand in the international market. As an export product, dry beans offer several advantages. They are a rich source of protein, dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals, making them an essential component of a healthy diet.

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Cashew Nuts

Cashew Nuts

Cashew nuts are a highly sought-after product known for their rich flavor and nutritional benefits. They are harvested from the cashew tree and are packed with essential nutrients, including healthy fats, protein, vitamins, and minerals.

Product Details

Production

  • 60 years in production.
  • 220 – 240,000 tonnes inshell.
  • 6th largest in the World.
  • 3rd in Africa.
  • 22 States Producing.
  • Smallholders and commercial farmers.
  • Yields 300-800 kgs p/ha.
  • Improving quality.
  • Early crop Feb-April

Trends

  • Production growth 10% CAGR 10 years.
  • Replacement of aging trees.
  • Growth forecast to continue.
  • New varieties Brazil Jumbo and Medium.
  • Quality “Ogbomosho” 47-49lbs/ 190 nut count.
  • Quality “Nigerian” 42-46lbs 195-205 nut count.

Market

  • 85% exported inshell ( 81% Vietnam, 19% India)
  • Kernels processing 7 – 10,000 tonnes RCN.
  • Kernels exports growing 8% CAGR 5 Yr.

Did you know?

  • Nigeria’s cashew sector is undergoing rapid development. Aging trees are being replaced with new high quality varieties. Commercial cashew farming is taking off and better post-harvest handling is solving the old problem of difficult peeling. 
  • Nigeria has the lowest export taxes on RCN in Africa. 
  • Nigeria can process 25,000 – 35,000 tonnes of cashew every year but is currently only utilising about one third of the capacity. This too is changing. 
  • Nigeria has West Africa’s largest domestic cashew kernel market. It is likely to grow as the economy develops.
*Data Source: NIGERIAN EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
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Dry beans

Cocoa Beans

Cocoa beans are the essential ingredient behind the world’s beloved chocolate products. Harvested from the cacao tree, cocoa beans offer a delightful blend of flavors and a wealth of possibilities for various confectionery delights.

Product Details

Brief Product Description

The cocoa bean, also cacao bean or simply cocoa or cacao, is the dried and fully fermented fatty seed of Theobroma cacao, from which cocoa solids and cocoa butter are extracted. They are the basis of chocolate, as well as many Mesoamerican foods such as mole sauce.

A cocoa pod (fruit) has a rough and leathery rind about 2 cm (0.79 in) to 3 cm (1.2 in) thick (this varies with the origin and variety of pod). It is filled with sweet, mucilaginous pulp with lemonade like taste enclosing 30 to 50 large seeds that are fairly soft and a pale lavender to dark brownish purple colour. Due to heat build-up in the fermentation process, cacao beans lose most of the purplish hue and become mostly brown in colour, with an adhered skin which includes the dried remains of the fruity pulp. This skin is released easily after roasting by winnowing. White seeds are found in some rare varieties, usually mixed with purples, and are considered of higher value.

Major Producing Areas

  • Ondo
  • Osun
  • Ekiti
  • Akwa Ibom
  • Cross River
  • Kogi
  • Ogun
  • Edo
  • Kwara

Estimate Production Figure

270,000MT (ICCO 2018/2019)

Packaging

The cocoa bean is mainly packed with Jute bag. The jute bag must be clean and free of hydrocarbon.

Uses

  • Animal feed
  • soft drinks and alcohol
  • potash
  • jam &marmalade
  • organic mulch
  • cocoa butter
  • chocolate
  • cosmetics.

Importing Countries

  • Barbados
  • Belgium
  • USA
  • Spain
  • Netherlands

 

Unexplored markets:   Iran, Malaysia, Russia, China, Canada

Quality Standard

  • Grade I:

    (a)      mouldy beans, maximum 3 per cent by count;

    (b)      slaty beans, maximum 3 per cent by count;

    (c)      insect-damaged, germinated, or flat beans, total maximum 3%     .

     

    Grade II:

    (a)      mouldy beans, maximum 4 per cent by count;

    (b)      slaty beans, maximum 8 per cent by count;

    (c)      insect-damaged, germinated, or flat beans, total maximum 6%

     

    Moisture:              –          7.5% max

    Size:                       –         Not more than 12% outside the range

    Foreign Matter:   –          2% max

     

    Cocoa beans quality parameter specification:

    Main crop                                                                      Light crop

    —————————————————– ——————————————-

    Parameters            Grade I     Grade II                           Grade I    Grade II

    Total mould            3% max    4% max                            3% max   4% max

    Slatey beans         3% max    6% max                            3% max   6% max

    Other defect          3% max    8% max                            3% max    8% max

    Wt of 300 beans    >310g       >310g                               <310 g    <310 g

Export Potential of Cocoa

The markets with greatest potential for Nigeria’s exports of 180100 Cocoa beans are “Netherlands”, “Germany” and “Indonesia”.  Netherlands is the market with the highest demand potential for 180100 Cocoa beans. and new export markets (Singapore, Turkey) are estimated to show huge untapped potential for the coming years.

Find out all about the cocoa beans export potential in our one-page report and the video below! These are created making use of the Export Potential Map (ITC).

*Data Source: NIGERIAN EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
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Dry beans

Ginger

Ginger, a versatile and aromatic spice, offers a wide range of culinary and medicinal benefits. Harvested from the root of the Zingiber officinale plant, ginger has been used for centuries in various cuisines and traditional medicine practices.

Product Details

Brief Product Description

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or simply ginger, is widely used as a spice or a medicine. It is an herbaceousperennial which grows annual stems about a meter tall bearing narrow green leaves and yellow flowers. The rhizome (ginger) is gathered when the stalk withers; it is immediately scalded, or washed and scraped, to kill it and prevent sprouting.

Major Producing Areas

Kaduna state is the major producer of the product. Other producing States include;

  • Nasarawa
  • Benue
  • Niger
  • Gombe States

Estimate Production Figure

369,019 MT (FAO; 2018)

Quality/Standard

Moisture content: 8% max
Oil content: 2-4%
Impurities: 0-2%max
Microbes: Negative

Packaging

The fresh ginger are packaged in PVC cartons or corrugated fibre box with inner lining of PE films while the dried split ginger are packaged in a clean propylene woven bags.

Uses

1. Raw Ginger is used as spice.
2. It has medicinal value against cold.
3. It is used in the preparation of medicines and confectionery.

Importing Countries

  • India
  • China
  • Bangladesh
  • Germany
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Netherlands.
  • United Arab Emirates

Export Potential of Ginger

The Netherlands and United Kingdom have the highest untapped potential  for Nigerian ginger according to the ITC’s  Export Potential Map. Current top export destinations Germany and United Arab Emirates do also show  potential for more growth. And then there are also interesting opportunities for some new markets for Nigeria! Want to know which ones?

Find all details regarding promising markets for ginger from Nigeria in our one-page report and the video! These are created making use of the Export Potential Map (ITC).

*Data Source: NIGERIAN EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
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Product Profile

Sesame Seeds

Sesame seeds, tiny yet mighty, are a versatile and nutrient-rich ingredient with a wide array of culinary and health benefits. Harvested from the Sesamum indicum plant, sesame seeds have been used for centuries in various cuisines around the world.

Product Details

Brief Product Description

Sesame seeds are about 3 to 4 millimeters long by 2 millimeters wide and 1 millimeter thick. The seeds are ovate, slightly flattened and somewhat thinner at the eye of the seed (hilum) than at the opposite end. The weight of the seeds is between 20 and 40 milligrams. The seed coat (testa) may be smooth or ribbed. Sesame seeds come in many colours depending on the cultivar harvested. The most traded variety of sesame is off-white coloured. Other common colours are buff, tan, gold, brown, reddish, gray and black.

Types

Black Sesame Seeds
White Sesame Seeds
Hulled Sesame Seeds

Producing Areas

  • Nasarawa
  • Jigawa
  • Benue
  • Yobe
  • Taraba
  • Kano
  • Katsina
  • Gombe
  • Kogi
  • Plateau
  • Niger States

Estimated production figure

572,761MT (FAO; 2018)

Quality Standard

Purity: – 98-99.5%

Foreign matter: – 2% max

Oil content: – 45% min

Moisture: – 8% max

Packaging

Clean Jute bag or polypropylene bag (pp) of 45-50kg

Uses

Confectionaries, cooking oil, ingredient in cuisines, feed for poultry/livestock

Importing Countries

  • Japan
  • Turkey
  • Vietnam
  • Brazil
  • UAE
  • China

Export Potential for Sesame Seed

The markets with greatest potential for Nigeria’s exports of  Sesamum seeds are “China”, “Japan” and “Turkey”. Nigeria has closest export links with Morocco. China is the market with the highest demand potential for  Sesamum seeds.

Want to have more detailed information? Check out the video and our one-page report! These are created making use of the Export Potential Map (ITC).

*Data Source: NIGERIAN EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
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