Article(s) about Imports

The Government of Nigeria has banned imports of packaged sugar, granulated and in cubes, beginning January 2013. Nigeria’s Trade and Investment Minister, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, said this was in line with the Nigerian Sugar Master Plan which aims at achieving self-sufficiency in the [Read more]

Report Highlights: Effective July 20, 2012, the Government of Nigeria (GON) introduced a 15-percent levy on wheat grain imports resulting in an increase of the effective duty from 5 percent to 20 percent. The GON also introduced a 65-percent levy on wheat flour imports to increase the effective [Read more]

Report Highlights: The Nigeria Senate passed the Biosafety Bill into law on June 1, 2011. However, one year after the President is yet to sign it into law. The law leans heavily on the precautionary approach and requires certification and mandatory labeling for imports of all products of [Read more]

Report Highlights: Although Nigeria dropped from the number one export destination in the world for U.S. wheat in MY2010/11 to third position this year, it remains the most consistent and loyal customer. Sales as of April1 are a record 3.5 million tons, up from 3.3 million tons last year. [Read more]

Report Highlights: The GON has announced plans to cut wheat imports by introducing a new policy compelling cassava flour inclusion in wheat flour. Part of their plan is to impose a levy of 15 percent on wheat grain imports, which will increase the effective duty from 5 percent to 20 percent. The [Read more]

Report Highlights: Nigeria's retail food imports are estimated at $750 million in 2010 and projected to increase by 20 percent in 2011. Changing demographics and lifestyles are resulting in increasing consumer demand and preference for packaged retail foods. Domestic food processing is [Read more]

Report Highlights: The Government of Nigeria (GON) has resolved to encourage domestic rice production by restricting rice imports to conserve foreign exchange. Rice importers now import rice from India following the recent reentry of that country into the non-basmati rice trade. Post: Lagos [Read more]

Report Highlights: Nigeria's rice imports have increased largely because imported parboiled rice competes with other basic food staples. The decision of Government of Nigeria (GON) to ban rice imports through its land borders has somehow reduced cross-border smuggling. Furthermore, rice [Read more]

Report Highlights: After several years of discussion and debate, the Nigeria Senate passed the Biosafety Bill into law on June 1, 2011. The passage of the law demonstrates that the country is prepared to receive, regulate and most importantly, commercialize biotechnology products. The law leans [Read more]

Section I. Food Laws: This report was prepared by the Office of Agricultural Affairs of the USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service in Lagos, Nigeria for U.S. exporters of domestic food and agricultural products. While every possible care was taken in the preparation of this report, information provided [Read more]