Atlanta and Georgia Look to Strengthen Ties with Africa (Arabi: buying, private school)

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by bayarea-girl

Trade
Nigeria is the United States' largest trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa, largely due to the high level of petroleum imports from Nigeria, which supply 8% of U.S. oil imports--nearly half of Nigeria's daily oil production. Nigeria is the fourth-largest exporter of oil to the United States. Two-way trade in 2008 was valued at more than $42 billion, an 18% increase over 2007 data. Led by machinery, wheat, and motor vehicles, U.S. goods exports to Nigeria in 2008 were worth more than $4 billion. In 2008, U.S. imports from Nigeria were over $38 billion, consisting predominantly of oil. However, rubber products, cocoa, gum arabic, cashews, coffee, and ginger constituted over $70 million of U.S. imports from Nigeria in 2007. The U.S. trade deficit with Nigeria was $21 billion in 2007. Nigeria is the 50th-largest export market for U.S. goods and the 14th-largest exporter of goods to the United States. The United States is Nigeria's largest trading partner after the United Kingdom. Although the trade balance overwhelmingly favors Nigeria, thanks to oil exports, a large portion of U.S. exports to Nigeria is believed to enter the country outside of the Nigerian Government's official statistics, due to importers seeking to avoid Nigeria's excessive tariffs.

Nigeria also has to be the largest exporter of email scams to the United States.

[bayarea-girl]

arjay57, haha ha so true. But internet scams happen all over the world. The US has a huge trade deficit with them guess they have to get their money any which way they can.

[tigers84]

Originally Posted by bayarea-girl

arjay57, haha ha so true. But internet scams happen all over the world. The US has a huge trade deficit with them guess they have to get their money any which way they can.

Anybody who becomes a victim of a Nigerian email scam deserves it. Ive gotten those bizarre, poorly written and absurd emails. Only a moron would fall for it.

You should take notice of this rather critical statistic:

(Nigeria) Per capita GDP (2009): $2,300

Here is where it ranks:
Intl Monetary Fund: 132 of 183
World Bank: 137 of 181
CIA: 139 of 192

For comparison, the US ranks between 9 and 12, with a per capita of ~$47k

[Listennow32]

Where are the Mods???? This thread is ridiculous

[BringBackCobain]

Originally Posted by MisterNY

So that's what you say after you've been butt f'd? Because that's what we all did to you.......

Your obsession with me has entered a creepy new phase. Now your involving me in your gay fantasies. What would that shower-needing wife of yours say (if she even exists)?

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by bayarea-girl

arjay57, haha ha so true. But internet scams happen all over the world.

Yeah, but Nigeria rules as the scammiest of scammers.

[bayarea-girl]

tiger84, where are you getting your information from? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_GDP_(nominal). This link doesn't work well, but click on the link then the page that says List of countries by GDP (nominal) to pull up the table. Or you can google it and you'll find the same information.

Intl Monetary Fund- ranks Nigeria 41 out of 181 countries
World Bank - 43 out of 185
CIA - 41 out of 190

They will surpass So. Africa in a few years.

Arjay57, all Nigerians don't scam people. But don't understand how people could get scammed. Who would believe some random person is a princess that needs money wired into their account? But that hasn't stopped countries and companies from doing business with them so the problem must not be that big of an issue.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by bayarea-girl

Arjay57, all Nigerians don't scam people. But don't understand how people could get scammed. Who would believe some random person is a princess that needs money wired into their account? But that hasn't stopped countries and companies from doing business with them so the problem must not be that big of an issue.

No, of course not. But not all Nigerians participate in exporting oil, rubber, cocoa, gum arabic, cashews, coffee, and ginger either. Nonetheless we refer to to Nigeria as an exporter of such things.

[tigers84]

Originally Posted by bayarea-girl

tiger84, where are you getting your information from? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_GDP_(nominal). This link doesn't work well, but click on the link then the page that says List of countries by GDP (nominal) to pull up the table. Or you can google it and you'll find the same information.

Intl Monetary Fund- ranks Nigeria 41 out of 181 countries
World Bank - 43 out of 185
CIA - 41 out of 190

They will surpass So. Africa in a few years..

You are confusing GDP with per capita GDP. The latter is GDP divided by total population. Given countries are of many different sized populations, it is the better method for comparing apples to apples.

Note that in your previous post the per capita GDP was at the top of your list. My source was the same place as yours - wikipedia. (Countries ranked by per capita GDP.)

Nigeria ranks higher in total GDP because of its large quantities of natural resources, especially oil. Regardless, overall its population of 152 million is among the poorest in the world (~bottom 25%).

[testa50]

Originally Posted by bayarea-girl

tiger84, where are you getting your information from? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_GDP_(nominal). This link doesn't work well, but click on the link then the page that says List of countries by GDP (nominal) to pull up the table. Or you can google it and you'll find the same information.

Intl Monetary Fund- ranks Nigeria 41 out of 181 countries
World Bank - 43 out of 185
CIA - 41 out of 190

They will surpass So. Africa in a few years.

I think you're confusing total GDP with per capita GDP.