Importers

This section of our website is to help you with Customs requirements if you are importing goods for:

1. Commercial application, such as goods for use in your business, for re-sale or for distribution.
2. Private use, for example gifts or other home-use goods
   • Import Procedures
   • Occasional Importers
   • Registered Importers
   • Prohibited Imports
   • Bulk Cargo Importations
   • Temporary Importations
   • Pre-Release Cargoes
   • Import Duty Exemptions

Ecowas Trade Liberation Scheme (ETLS)

For information on the importation of bulk items such as Rice, Sugar, Flour, Cement, etc. see Import guidelines. For motor-vehicle and related rules, see the same guidelines and your clearing agent.

To see the list of items classified as Industrial Machineries, see Industrial guidelines on this site.

Smuggling is against the law. It also has potential evil on the economy of our great country – Nigeria. The stoppage of smuggling activity is for the benefit of everyone; it should also be a collective effort. See Evil of Smuggling for its hazardous effects. However there are some things you must know.