Nigeria has emerged as one of the countries supplying solar modules to the United States as global manufacturers adjust their supply chains in response to tighter American trade rules targeting China-linked imports, a new report has shown.
The report by S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Global Trade Analytics Suite revealed that Nigeria was among the top 10 source countries for solar module imports into the US during the first quarter of 2026, highlighting the country’s growing visibility in a rapidly changing global solar trade network.
The development comes amid a sharp decline in overall US solar panel imports, which fell to their lowest quarterly level in nearly seven years as federal incentives and trade restrictions reshaped sourcing patterns across the photovoltaic industry.
This also follows a sharp increase in the importation of cells from China to Nigeria.
According to the report, the US imported 4.5 gigawatts of solar modules in the
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