China’s Zero-Tariff On African Products Increases Imports By $29bn In 3 Months

The China Zero-tariff Concessional market access for African products into the 1.4 billion huge Chinese market has increased imports by $29 billion within three months.
The tariff came into effect on May 1, 2026.
Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai made this known on Friday in Abuja during a seminar organised by the Centre for China Studies with the support of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria with the theme “Zero-tariff Treatment for African Countries and its Implications for Structural Economic Transformation in Africa.”
According to Dunhai, the policy can generate more economic dividends and accelerate Africa’s transformation in the coming months and y...