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
Nigeria
Official links
Customs Formalities
Nigeria Customs Service
Authorisation & Permits
NEPC
Packaging & Labelling Requirements
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON); Nigeria Customs Service
HACCP/SPS Requirements
NAFDAC, Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS)
Nigeria Fisheries Act
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD)
Nigeria Fisheries Act
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD)
Tax Information
The Nigeria Tax Act, 2025; National Revenue Service (NRS)
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
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
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)
Trade Promotion Agency
Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC); Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment; Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA)
Tariffs
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks
59 tariff lines
| HS code | Product | MFN |
|---|---|---|
| 3201.10.00.00 | Quebracho extract | 5% |
| 3201.20.00.00 | Wattle extract | 5% |
| 3201.90.00.00 | Other | 5% |
| 3202.10.00.00 | Synthetic organic tanning substances | 5% |
| 3202.90.00.00 | Other | 10% |
| 3203.00.10.00 | Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts but excluding animal black), whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin | 5% |
| 3203.00.90.00 | Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts but excluding animal black), whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin | 5% |
| 3204.11.00.00 | Disperse dyes and preparations based thereon | 5% |
| 3204.12.00.00 | Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon | 5% |
| 3204.13.00.00 | Basic dyes and preparations based thereon | 5% |
| 3204.14.00.00 | Direct dyes and preparations based thereon | 5% |
| 3204.15.00.00 | Vat dyes (including those usable in that state as pigments) and preparations based thereon | 5% |
| 3204.16.00.00 | Reactive dyes and preparations based thereon | 10% |
| 3204.17.00.00 | Pigments and preparations based thereon | 10% |
| 3204.18.00.00 | Carotenoid colouring matters and preparations based thereon | 10% |
| 3204.19.00.00 | Other, including mixtures of colouring matter of two or more of the subheadings 3204.11 to 3204.19 | 5% |
| 3204.20.00.00 | Synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents | 5% |
| 3204.90.00.00 | Other | 5% |
| 3205.00.00.00 | Colour lakes; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colour lakes | 10% |
| 3206.11.00.00 | Containing 80 % or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter | 5% |
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