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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All products

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 8536.49.00.00

Relays, other

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 › 85.36 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables

Applied duty rates

20% MFN applied rate

Exports | US$ thousand

0 0.5 1

2020 2020 $0 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $0 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $1 To the world $1 Within the Commonwealth

$1 2024 2024 $1 To the world $1 Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$0	$0
2021	$0	$0
2022	$0	$0
2023	$1	$1
2024	$1	$1

Imports | US$ thousand

0 2k 4k 6k

2020 2020 $4,653 From the world $315 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $2,822 From the world $819 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $2,336 From the world $306 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $3,372 From the world $768 Within the Commonwealth

$2,756 $1,079 2024 2024 $2,756 From the world $1,079 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

Show data

Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$4,653	$315
2021	$2,822	$819
2022	$2,336	$306
2023	$3,372	$768
2024	$2,756	$1,079

Export and Import Requirements

Compliance Requirements

Nigeria National Trade Portal

https://nigeriainfotrade.fmiti.gov.ng

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