{"id":436544,"date":"2025-12-09T23:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/436544\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T23:30:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:30:28","slug":"nigeria-receives-50000-tonnes-of-u-s-wheat-worth-over-n21billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/436544\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Receives 50,000 Tonnes Of U.S. Wheat Worth Over N21Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

U.S. Consul General Rick Swart and U.S. Agricultural Counselor Chris Bielecki were on hand to witness the unloading of the cargo.<\/p>\n

A shipment of 50,000 metric tonnes of U.S.-grown wheat valued at approximately $15 million (approximately\u00a0\u20a621.8 billion) has arrived at Apapa Port, highlighting the growing agricultural trade between Nigeria and the United States.<\/p>\n

U.S. Consul General Rick Swart and U.S. Agricultural Counselor Chris Bielecki were on hand to witness the unloading of the cargo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shipment highlights the growing agricultural partnership between the two nations,\u201d the officials said, underlining the benefits of such trade.<\/p>\n

\"Wgeat<\/p>\n

They added, \u201cTrade in U.S. agricultural products supports American farmers, enables Nigerian companies to expand value-added food processing and create jobs, and delivers high-quality ingredients to Nigerian consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, bilateral agricultural trade between the United States and Nigeria is projected to more than double, surpassing $700 million in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cA milestone that benefits producers, businesses, and households in both countries,\u201d the officials noted.<\/p>\n

Observers say the steady arrival of U.S. wheat reflects \u201cthe strength of commercial ties and the critical role of agriculture in the broader U.S. Nigeria economic relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Consul General Rick Swart and U.S. Agricultural Counselor Chris Bielecki were on hand to witness the unloading…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":436545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[7779,104,64,17628,79,171,454,123726,1219,80,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-436544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-corruption","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-government","15":"tag-investigative-reporting","16":"tag-nigeria","17":"tag-politics","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115692217411753227","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}