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
8535.40.00.00	Lightning arresters, voltage limiters and surge suppressors	10%
8535.90.00.00	Other	10%
8536.10.00.00	Fuses	20%
8536.20.00.00	Automatic circuit breakers	20%
8536.30.00.00	Other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits	20%
8536.41.00.00	For a voltage not exceeding 60 V	20%
8536.49.00.00	Other	20%
8536.50.00.00	Other switches	20%
8536.61.00.00	Lamp-holders	20%
8536.69.00.00	Other	20%
8536.70.00.00	Connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables	20%
8536.90.00.00	Other apparatus	20%
8537.10.00.00	For a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V	5%
8537.20.00.00	For a voltage exceeding 1,000 V	5%
8538.10.00.00	Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 85.37, not equipped with their apparatus	5%
8538.90.00.00	Other	5%
8539.10.00.00	Sealed beam lamp units	20%
8539.21.00.00	Tungsten halogen	20%
8539.22.00.00	Other, of a power not exceeding 200 W and for a voltage exceeding 100 V	20%
8539.29.00.00	Other	20%

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HS 8535.40.00.00

Lightning arresters, voltage limiters and surge suppressors

Section XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment › Ch 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles › 85.35 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts

Applied duty rates

10% MFN applied rate

Exports | US$ thousand

No exports recorded for this product.

Imports | US$ thousand

0 10k 20k

2020 2020 $11,910 From the world $303 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $16,428 From the world $525 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $13,355 From the world $2,928 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $6,852 From the world $153 Within the Commonwealth

$1,885 2024 2024 $1,885 From the world $810 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$11,910	$303
2021	$16,428	$525
2022	$13,355	$2,928
2023	$6,852	$153
2024	$1,885	$810

Export and Import Requirements

Compliance Requirements

Nigeria National Trade Portal

https://nigeriainfotrade.fmiti.gov.ng

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