NIGERIA was the biggest purchaser of Chinese toothbrushes in 2014 importing a total of about 159m pieces roughly amounting to about one for every citizen according to figures just released by the United Nations Comtrade Database.
Known as UN Comtrade, the database is a repository of official trade statistics and contains annual trade figures starting from 1962 and monthly trading statistics since 2010. According to its latest statistics, Nigeria spent a total of $9.37m importing Chinese toothbrushes last year, making the country the Chinese biggest trading partner in this sector.
UN Comtrade also revealed that in 2014, Nigeria imported spent a whopping $450.01m on Chinese motorcycle imports. Togolese traders spent $193.81m on Chinese motorcycles, while Benin Republic was the continent’s biggest importer of Chinese wigs and false beards, spending a total of $411m on them.
South Africa was the continent’s biggest importer of Chinese-made male underpants. Of the 18.74m pants imported by South Africa in 2014, 16.61m were Chinese, representing 88% of South Africa’s imported pants.
Mauritius was Africa’s largest importer of Chinese soy sauce, spending $438,929. However, Mauritius exported 5,735 reptiles to China worth $90,000, while Guinea was Africa’s largest primate exporter in 2014, sending 340 live primates to China last year.
Kenya was Africa’s biggest importer of plastic Chinese toilet seats in 2014, spending $8,197,499 on the lavatorial thrones. At the recent Forum of China-Africa Cooperation in South Africa, China pledged to increase its trade with Africa as part of a plan to create prosperity between the continent and the world's largest economy.
At the summit, President Muhammadu Buhari pledged that his administration will take the necessary action to correct lapses which have hindered the implementation of agreements signed with China under past administrations for the development of rail transportation in Nigeria.
President Buhari said the federal government will strive to fulfil Nigeria’s obligations under the agreements as their implementation will help to boost the country’s economy and generate thousands of new jobs. He then applauded China’s ongoing support for the development of Nigeria’s agricultural sector, noting that Chinese advisers deployed to some states of the federation were helping to train farmers on water conservation and the use of more productive seeds.
President Xi Jinping described Nigeria as a very important ally of China in Africa, saying that the two countries need to boost their bilateral relations, for the good of their citizens. At the opening session of the summit attended by more than 30 other African leaders, the Chinese president had pledged $60bn of new development aid to African countries.
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