Currently, Nigeria's domestic production of medical equipment mainly some low-value-added products, such as transport (Note) liquid products, low-end medical catheters and medical dressings.

The past two years, Nigeria imports of medical equipment increased remarkably. DATAMONITOR international consulting firm released a report: in 2012, total imports of medical equipment to Nigeria $ 144.4 million, compared with an increase of 23.4 per cent in 2011; in 2013, total imports of medical equipment in the country was $ 164.5 million, an increase of about 14%.

The past two years, Nigeria increased imports of medical equipment products are: cardiovascular interventional therapy products (such as various vascular stents, implantable cardiac pacemaker, etc.), brain surgical instruments, surgical instruments of obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology equipment, dental equipment products.

It is noteworthy that Nigeria importers and Chinese enterprises trade more, the country has now become China's medical equipment exports to new markets in Africa. Nigeria's imports from China's medical device and equipment are: ECG / EEG, B super (black and white / color) instrument, ambulance, urine analyzers, general surgical instruments, ventilators and kidney dialysis machines, CPR machines, fetal monitors and so on. For NMR, high-resolution CT, high-resolution X-ray machines and other medical diagnostic imaging equipment, and hyperbaric chamber, portable home oxygen machines and other medical equipment, the country's main imports from Western countries.