Nigeria

Official links

Compliance Requirements

Export Compliance is handled by Nigerian Custom Service which makes the laws/policies that govern export particularly the Customs and Excise Management Act

https://nigeriainfotrade.fmiti.gov.ng https://customs.gov.ng

Customs Formalities

Nigeria Customs Service

https://customs.gov.ng/

Authorisation & Permits

NEPC

https://nepc.gov.ng/

Packaging & Labelling Requirements

Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON); Nigeria Customs Service

https://son.gov.ng/ Nigeria - Labeling/Marking Requirements

HACCP/SPS Requirements

NAFDAC, Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS)
Nigeria Fisheries Act
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD)

https://www.sgs.com/en-ng/services/haccp https://iasiso-africa.com/haccp-certifi… https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/nig1514… https://naqs.gov.ng/ NAFDAC-Food-Hygiene-Regulations-2025.pdf

Tax Information

The Nigeria Tax Act, 2025; National Revenue Service (NRS)

Nigeria-Tax-Act-2025.pdf

Trade Agreements

Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA)
Nigeria - Morocco Gas Pipeline Agreement
EU- Nigeria Partnership Agreement
Nigeria - China Trade Agreement
Ecowas Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS)
Nigeria United States Trade and Investment Framework Agreement
UK-Nigeria Economic Partnership Agreement
Nigeria-India Bilateral Trade Agreement
Nigeria - Turkey Trade Agreement
Nigeria-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement 2026
Nigeria - Trade Agreements

https://www.gov.uk/government/collectio… UAE-CEPA-2026-Information.pdf

Trade Finance Providers

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); Bank of Industry (BOI); Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM); Africa Development Bank (AFDB), Bank of Agriculture; Export Expansion Grant (EEG)

https://boanig.com/ Bank of Industry - Transforming Nigeria…

Trade Promotion Agency

Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC); Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment; Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA)

https://www.nipc.gov.ng/ https://fmiti.gov.ng/ https://nepza.gov.ng/

Tariffs

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6,381 tariff lines

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HS code	Product	MFN
3004.43.00.00	Containing norephedrine or its salts	0%
3004.49.00.00	Other	0%
3004.50.00.00	Other, containing vitamins or other products of heading 29.36	0%
3004.60.00.00	Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter	0%
3004.90.20.00	Other	0%
3004.90.90.00	Other	0%
3005.10.00.00	Adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer	0%
3005.90.00.00	Other	0%
3006.10.00.00	Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics; sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable	0%
3006.30.00.00	Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations; diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient	0%
3006.40.00.00	Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements	0%
3006.50.00.00	First-aid boxes and kits	0%
3006.60.00.00	Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 29.37 or on spermicides	0%
3006.70.00.00	Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments	0%
3006.91.00.00	Appliances identifiable for ostomy use	0%
3006.92.00.00	Waste pharmaceuticals	0%
3006.93.00.00	Placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for a recognised clinical trial, put up in measured doses	0%
3101.00.00.00	Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilisers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products	5%
3102.10.00.00	Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution	0%
3102.21.00.00	Ammonium sulphate	0%

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HS 3004.90.90.00

Other

Section VI · Products of the chemical & allied industries › Ch 30 Pharmaceutical products › 30.04 Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale

Applied duty rates

0% MFN applied rate

Exports | US$ thousand

0 200 400 600

2020 2020 $105 To the world $105 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $61 To the world $61 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $126 To the world $126 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $561 To the world $496 Within the Commonwealth

$556 $206 2024 2024 $556 To the world $206 Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$105	$105
2021	$61	$61
2022	$126	$126
2023	$561	$496
2024	$556	$206

Imports | US$ thousand

0 500k 1M

2020 2020 $995,468 From the world $269,738 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $868,090 From the world $228,381 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $587,874 From the world $319,992 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $398,307 From the world $184,793 Within the Commonwealth

$314,997 $166,736 2024 2024 $314,997 From the world $166,736 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$995,468	$269,738
2021	$868,090	$228,381
2022	$587,874	$319,992
2023	$398,307	$184,793
2024	$314,997	$166,736

Export and Import Requirements

Compliance Requirements

Nigeria National Trade Portal

https://nigeriainfotrade.fmiti.gov.ng

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