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
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
127 tariff lines
| HS code | Product | MFN |
|---|---|---|
| 4801.00.00.00 | Newsprint, in rolls or sheets | 0% |
| 4802.10.00.00 | Hand-made paper and paperboard | 5% |
| 4802.20.00.00 | Paper and paperboard of a kind used as a base for photo-sensitive, heat-sensitive or electro-sensitive paper or paperboard | 5% |
| 4802.40.00.00 | Wallpaper base | 5% |
| 4802.54.00.00 | Weighing less than 40 g/m² | 5% |
| 4802.55.10.00 | Weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m², in rolls | 5% |
| 4802.55.90.00 | Weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m², in rolls | 5% |
| 4802.56.10.00 | Weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m², in sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state | 5% |
| 4802.56.90.00 | Weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m², in sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state | 20% |
| 4802.57.00.00 | Other, weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m² | 5% |
| 4802.58.00.00 | Weighing more than 150 g/m² | 5% |
| 4802.61.10.00 | In rolls | 5% |
| 4802.61.90.00 | In rolls | 5% |
| 4802.62.10.00 | In sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state | 5% |
| 4802.62.90.00 | In sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state | 20% |
| 4802.69.10.00 | Other | 5% |
| 4802.69.90.00 | Other | 20% |
| 4803.00.00.00 | Toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or sheets | 10% |
| 4804.11.00.00 | Unbleached | 5% |
| 4804.19.00.00 | Other | 5% |
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