 In business news, Niger's import of agricultural goat between 2017 January and March this year surpassed its export in the period by 3.9 trillion Naira. The total value of trade in agricultural goat in the period on the review was 6.2 trillion Naira, comprising 5.04 trillion imports and 1.14 trillion exports. These figures were arrived after an analysis of foreign trade data obtained from the website of the National Bureau of Statistics. In 2017, Niger generated 125.88 billion Naira from the export of agricultural goats and spent 891.87 billion Naira on imports. Niger's agricultural export in 2017 comprised largely sesame seeds, cashew nuts, soybeans and ginger which were exported to China, India, Russia and Greece among others.