Nigeria imports N163 bln wheat from U.S.

Barely two weeks into the New Year have seven vessels arrived three Nigerian ports with 212,425 tons of wheat, even as local production dropped to 60,000 tons from 65,000 tons in the last three years. Nigeria had already taken delivery of 1.77 million tons or N163 billion ($804.6 million) worth of the grain between 2015 and 2017 from United States U.S. At the Lagos Port Complex this week, Greenview Development Nigerian Limited (GDNL) terminal, Kiana and Genco Rhone berthed with 29,700 tons and 42,000 tons of wheat respectively.