Lilypond Export Command Records $1.58 Billion Exports, 200% Trade Volume Increase in First Half 2025
Lilypond Export Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has announced that it processed containerised exports worth over $1.58,041,100.25 billion and handled 27,721 export containers in the first half of 2025, a rise from the $1.165,073,183.37 billion and 9,438 containers recorded during the same period last year.
Speaking at a half year press briefing in Lagos on 31st, July 2025 , Comptroller Ajibola Odusanya, Customs Area Controller of the command, revealed that the Command processed export goods valued at an impressive $1.586 billion between January and June 2025. This represents a 36% increase compared to the $1.165 billion recorded during the same period in 2025.
The command handled 27,721 export containers in the first half of 2025 a 200% leap from the 9,438 containers processed in the same period last year.
He attributed the Command’s performance to improved documentation, increased export activity, and the ongoing implementation of the Unified Customs Management System (UCMS), also known as B’Odogwu.
Comptroller Odusanya said that agricultural produce remained the backbone of Nigeria’s non oil export drive. In the first half of 2025, agricultural exports through the Command were valued at $966.7 million, marking a staggering $677.9 million increase from the $288.8 million recorded during the same period in 2024.
The CAC also highlighted manufactured goods which added remarkable gains for the command as export value rose from N170 million in the first half of 2024 to N2.08 billion in the same period this year, a nearly 12-fold increase. This performance, Odusanya noted, underscores Nigeria’s expanding industrial base and the success of policies encouraging local production for export.
He said the command collected N318.77 million in 2.5% export surcharges, up from N47.84 million in the same period last year an increase of N270.93 million.
Under the Nigeria Export Supervision Scheme (NESS), statutory fees collected from exporters rose sharply to N12 billion in the first half of 2025, compared to N2.6 billion in 2024 .Odusanya attributed the increase to growing trade volumes and improved transparency across export operations.
He emphasised that Lilypond Export Command has emerged as a preferred destination for non-oil export processing, largely due to consistent stakeholder engagement, inter-agency collaboration such as NDLEA, SON, NAQS, NAFDAC, and an open-door policy for exporters.
Odusanya praised the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, for his leadership and support in driving the digital transformation of customs operations.
He urged all exporters, freight forwarders, and logistics operators to comply with regulations and avoid illegal activities, stressing that ignorance of the law would not be accepted as a defense.
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