COMMODITY LIST AND MAJOR PRODUCING AREAS

In Nigeria, between 2011 and 2016 the major export produce includes cocoa, cashew, ginger, rubber, cotton, sesame seed, gum Arabic, palm kernel cake, chilies, shea-nut, hibiscus flower, groundnut and soya beans. The origin of these produce is widespread among the states of the country as shown in the table below:

STATE PRODUCE
S/N PRODUCE MAJOR PRODUCING STATE
1. Cocoa Beans Ondo, Osun, R/River, Akwa Ibom, Ekiti & Oyo
2. Cashew Nuts Kogi, Enugu, Benue, many SE,SW & NC States
3. Sesame Seed Kano, Jigawa, Benue, Nasarawa & Kaduna
4. Ginger Kaduna
5. Rubber Cross River, Delta, Ondo & Edo
6. She Nut/butter Niger, Kogi, FCT & other NC States
7. Gum Arabic Yobe, Borno & Jigawa
8. Palm Kernel Akwa Ibom, Cross River,Imo, Rivers, Bayelsa, Anambra, SS, SW & some NC States.
9. Soya Beans Kano, Borno & Benue.
10. Chilies Kastina and Bordering States.
11. Hibiscus Jigawa and Borno.
12. Cotton lint Kastina, Gombe Adamawa, Zamfara & Bordering States
13. Cassava Chips NC, SS & SE States.
14. Tumeric NW, and NE States.
15. Groundnut NC,NW and NE States
16. Maringa Seeds NC, NW and NE States.
17. Cassia Seeds NC,NW and NE States
RAW/SEMI-PROCESSED COMMODITIES TO WHICH FPIS ORDINANCE APPLIES
(1) Cocoa Beans (2) Ginger (3) Cashew
(4) Dried Hibiscus (5) Cotton Lint (6) Cotton Seed
(7) Sesame Seed (8) Gum Arabic (9) Crush Bone & Hoof
(10) Soya Beans (11) Copra (12) Kolanut
(13) Sheanuts (14) Coffee (15) Palm Kernel
(16) Raffia Cane/Rafia Seed (17) Locust Beans (18) Cocoa Liquor
(19) Palm Oil (20) Palm Kernel Cake (21) Palm Kernel Oil
(22) Cotton Seed Powder (23) Cotton Waste (24) Capsicum
(25) Cotton Yarn (26) Cotton Seed Oil (27) Rubber
(28) Garri (29) Forest Nuts (30) Charcoal
(31) Garlic (32) Potatoes (33) Groundnut/Powder
(34) Rice (35) Shea Butter (36) Sorghum
(37) Sugercane (38) Tumeric (39) Yam
(40) Sesamised Cake (41) Melon Seeds (42) Groundnut/Cake
(43) Hides & Skin (44) Kenaf (45) Cocoa Butter
(46) Tobacco (47) Wheat Bread (48) Cassava Starch
(49) Cassava Chips (50) Casshew Kernel (51) Bitter Kolanut
(52) Bee Wax (53) Black Stone Flower (54) Beans (Cow Pea)
(55) Bambara Nut (56) Aya Tiger Nut (57) Alligator Pepper
(58) Corn (59) Palm Kernel Shell (60) Moringa
(61) Cassia Tora (62) Pigeon Pea (63) Honey Comb
(64) Groundnut/Peanut (65) Cotton Seed Cake (66) Millet
(67) Cocoa Powder