TRADE REACHED $7 BILLION IN 2009   - Plus
¶3. (U) The People's Republic of China and the Federal Republic of  Nigeria established diplomatic relations on February 10, 1971.  Bilateral trade was $856 million in 2000, $3 billion in 2006, and $7  billion in 2009. China imports petroleum, timber and cotton, and  exports light industrial mechanical and electrical products. China  sees Nigeria as a key market in Africa for its cheap goods.  According to Chinese officials quoted in the local press, Nigeria is 


THE IMPACT OF CHINESE TEXTILE IMPORTS - Minus
¶13. (SBU) Lack of power and cheap Chinese textile imports have  Q13. (SBU) Lack of power and cheap Chinese textile imports have  devastated the local textile industry. According to the local  press, more than 65 textile mills have closed in Nigeria and more  than 150,000 Nigerian textile workers have lost their jobs over the  past ten years. More than one million other Nigerians, such as  traders and cotton farmers, have also suffered from the down-sizing  of the textile industry.    ABUJA 00002003 003.2 OF 003    ¶14. (SBU) The Chinese are adept at making counterfeit "Nigerian"  fabric. Virtually all of the 10,000 vendors at the major market in  Onitsha source their goods from China. Cheap Chinese products and  lack of local transportation and power infrastructure make it  cheaper to be a trader than a manufacturer in Nigeria. 

Source: Wikileaks -  http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=09ABUJA2003

Hope our silly a/s/s government is reading this