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
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
31 tariff lines
| HS code | Product | MFN |
|---|---|---|
| 5601.21.00.00 | Of cotton | 20% |
| 5601.22.00.00 | Of man-made fibres | 20% |
| 5601.29.00.00 | Other | 20% |
| 5601.30.00.00 | Textile flock and dust and mill neps | 20% |
| 5602.10.00.00 | Needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics | 20% |
| 5602.21.00.00 | Of wool or fine animal hair | 20% |
| 5602.29.00.00 | Of other textile materials | 20% |
| 5602.90.00.00 | Other | 20% |
| 5603.11.00.00 | Weighing not more than 25 g/m² | 20% |
| 5603.12.00.00 | Weighing more than 25 g/m² but not more than 70 g/m² | 20% |
| 5603.13.00.00 | Weighing more than 70 g/m² but not more than 150 g/m² | 20% |
| 5603.14.00.00 | Weighing more than 150 g/m² | 20% |
| 5603.91.00.00 | Weighing not more than 25 g/m² | 20% |
| 5603.92.00.00 | Weighing more than 25 g/m² but not more than 70 g/m² | 20% |
| 5603.93.00.00 | Weighing more than 70 g/m² but not more than 150 g/m² | 20% |
| 5603.94.00.00 | Weighing more than 150 g/m² | 20% |
| 5604.10.00.00 | Rubber thread and cord, textile covered | 10% |
| 5604.90.00.00 | Other | 10% |
| 5605.00.00.00 | Metallised yarn, whether or not gimped, being textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or covered with metal | 10% |
| 5606.00.00.00 | Gimped yarn, and strip and the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, gimped (other than those of heading 56.05 and gimped horsehair yarn); chenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn); loop wale-yarn | 10% |
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