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

All products
HS code	Product	MFN
3305.10.00.00	Shampoos	20%
3305.20.00.00	Preparations for permanent waving or straightening	20%
3305.30.00.00	Hair lacquers	20%
3305.90.00.00	Other	20%
3306.10.00.00	Dentifrices	20%
3306.20.00.00	Yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss)	20%
3306.90.00.00	Other	20%
3307.10.00.00	Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations	20%
3307.20.00.00	Personal deodorants and antiperspirants	20%
3307.30.00.00	Perfumed bath salts and other bath preparations	20%
3307.41.00.00	«Agarbatti» and other odoriferous preparations which operate by burning	20%
3307.49.00.00	Other	20%
3307.90.00.00	Other	20%
3401.11.10.00	For toilet use (including medicated products)	10%
3401.11.90.00	For toilet use (including medicated products)	35%
3401.19.10.00	Other	35%
3401.19.20.00	Other	35%
3401.19.90.00	Other	35%
3401.20.00.00	Soap in other forms	35%
3401.30.00.00	Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap	35%

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HS 3401.11.90.00

Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products)

Section VI · Products of the chemical & allied industries › Ch 34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, «dental waxes» and dental preparations with a basis of plaster › 34.01 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent

Applied duty rates

35% MFN applied rate

Exports | US$ thousand

0 2k 4k 6k

2020 2020 $1,282 To the world $1,028 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $3,093 To the world $2,121 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $4,650 To the world $3,512 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $3,929 To the world $2,936 Within the Commonwealth

$4,455 $3,557 2024 2024 $4,455 To the world $3,557 Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$1,282	$1,028
2021	$3,093	$2,121
2022	$4,650	$3,512
2023	$3,929	$2,936
2024	$4,455	$3,557

Imports | US$ thousand

0 20 40 60

2020 2020 $38 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $46 From the world $40 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $51 From the world $23 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $15 From the world $1 Within the Commonwealth

$1 2024 2024 $1 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$38	$0
2021	$46	$40
2022	$51	$23
2023	$15	$1
2024	$1	$0

Export and Import Requirements

Compliance Requirements

Nigeria National Trade Portal

https://nigeriainfotrade.fmiti.gov.ng

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