What is the value of India-Niger trade?

According to the MEA brief of April 2026, citing the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, total trade was US$ 105.60 million in 2024-25 and US$ 87.30 million in the period the brief labels 2025-Jan. 26.

What does India export to Niger?

India's main exports to Niger include rice, pharmaceutical products, cotton fabrics, woven synthetic fabrics, sugar confectionery, processed food and cereals, engineering goods, electrical appliances, construction material, tea and articles of iron or steel.

What lines of credit has India given Niger?

The brief lists bilateral lines of credit of US$ 17 million (2006), US$ 20 million (2008), US$ 34.54 million (2013) and US$ 25 million (2014), for equipment, power, solar electrification and potable water projects.

India's trade, investment and lines of credit with Niger

This article sets out trade and economic relations between India and Niger: tariff preferences, annual trade figures, the main goods traded, Niger's mineral resources the bilateral lines of credit, and the ministerial visits to India connected with trade and investment. The source is the MEA brief on India-Niger relations, dated April 2026.

Duty free access

According to the MEA brief of April 2026, India has extended its Duty Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme to Niger with effect from 27 July 2017.

Bilateral trade figures

The brief gives bilateral trade for recent years, in US$ millions, with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, as its source:

2019-20: exports to Niger 73.60; imports from Niger 0.90; total trade 74.50
2020-21: exports 87.03; imports 4.12; total trade 91.15
2021-22: exports 91.62; imports 15.99; total trade 107.61
2022-23: exports 83.83; imports 119.50; total trade 203.33
2023-24: exports 47.22; imports 139.27; total trade 186.49
2024-25: exports 32.92; imports 72.68; total trade 105.60
the period the brief labels "2025-Jan. 26": exports 76.53; imports 10.87; total trade 87.30

Main items traded

The main items exported from India to Niger include rice, pharmaceutical products, cotton fabrics, woven synthetic fabrics, sugar confectionery and processed food and cereals, engineering goods, electrical appliances, construction material, tea, cereals and articles of iron or steel.

The main items exported from Niger to India are lac, gum arabic, resins, seeds and fruit, sesame, semi-precious stones and hide or skin of goats.

Minerals

The brief states that Niger is the 4th largest producer of Uranium in the world, and that it also has reserves of other minerals, including petroleum, gold, lithium and coal. As of the brief, there has been no engagement with Niger on these issues.

Refinery project visit

The Minister of Hydraulics, Sanitation and Environment, HE Colonel Maizama Abdoulaye, and the Minister of Petroleum, Dr. Oumarou Sahabi, visited India from 30 Nov. to 7 Dec. 2024. The brief states that the purpose of their visit was to meet corporate leaders and make field visits to explore and identify machinery, material and technical expertise in connection with setting up a new refinery in Niger.

Business conclaves and trade meetings

Ministers from Niger have attended several business events in India:

In 2015, the Nigerien Minister of Commerce and Promotion of Private Sector participated in the 4th African Trade Ministers Meeting held in New Delhi during IAFS-III.
In 2017, the Minister of Trade & Private Sector Promotion and the Minister Special Advisor to the President of Niger attended the 12th CII EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership.
In 2017, the Minister for Planning and the Deputy Minister for Budget participated in the 52nd Annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Gandhinagar.
In 2022, Mr. Alhada Alkache, Minister for Commerce, and Ms. Salmou Gourouza Magagi, Minister for Industry and Youth Entrepreneurship, attended the 17th CII-Africa Conclave in New Delhi.
In June 2023, Mr. Seydou Asman, a former DG of Le Riz du Niger and the current Minister for Commerce and Industries, attended the 18th CII-Africa Business Conclave in New Delhi.
In 2024, Mr. Seydou Asman visited India again to attend the 19th CII-Africa Business Conclave in New Delhi from 20-22 August 2024.

Lines of credit

The brief states that India has been extending Grants and Lines of Credit (LoC) to Niger from time to time "in order to strengthen bilateral trade and cooperation". The bilateral lines of credit it lists are:

US$ 17 million in 2006 for the procurement of buses, trucks, tractors, flour mills, motor pumps and other items.
US$ 20 million in 2008 for the rehabilitation of 6 power stations, the purchase of 3 power transformers, and the rehabilitation and erection of transmission lines.
US$ 34.54 million in 2013 for the solar electrification of 90 villages (50+40) and a 7MWp solar photovoltaic power station at Malbaza.
US$ 25 million in 2014 for the supply of potable water for semi-urban and rural communities through 500 borewells.