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Nigeria-China Bilateral Currency Swap Operational Framework, 2018

CBN-PBOC framework for RMB settlement on trade flows.

Statutory basis

Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007

The CBN signed a $2.5bn / ₦720bn / RMB16bn bilateral currency swap with the People's Bank of China on 27 April 2018, valid for three years and renewed in 2021 and 2024. The Framework permits Nigerian importers from China and Chinese importers from Nigeria to settle in local currency, bypassing US dollar intermediation. Trade settled under the swap remains modest.

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Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.