Nigeria spent $710.25 million on agricultural products from the U.S., and of that total, wheat alone gulped $503.63 million.

Wheat and ethanol topped the list of agricultural items Nigeria imported from the United States of America in 2021.

This is according to data by the United State Department of Agriculture.

The data shows wheat, alongside ethanol and food preparation topped the list with a total value of $626.59 million.

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Other items were wine and related products, fish and seafood, intermediate products, essential oils, dairy products, tobacco and distilled spirits.

According to the report, the value of the agricultural commodities exported by the U.S. to Nigeria rose 45 per cent between 2020 and 2021.

In 2020, Nigeria spent $487 million on U.S. agricultural products, less than $653.27 million recorded in 2019.