Import Prohibition List in Nigeria

According to the Nigerian Customs Service website, there are items that importers need not bring from another country into Nigeria.

From the look of things, I believe this particular law is enacted to promote entrepreneurship in Nigeria and thereby boost our economic status.

For example, you can easily see pork or beef meat in Nigeria. Why go to import it from another country when there are traders in the country dealing with that.

Likewise, soaps, some beauty products, amongst others of which you’ll see below.

I Believe this prohibition is good since it creates unity and promotes our entrepreneurial cycle.

Nigeria Import Prohibition List 2023

1. Live or dead birds, including frozen poultry.
2. Pork, beef, bird’s eggs, excluding hatching eggs.
3. Bird eggs – excluding hatching eggs.
4. Refined vegetable oils and fats (including mayonnaise).   Crude vegetable oil is NOT banned from importation.
5. Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form in retail packs.
6. Cocoa butter, powder, and cakes.
7. Spaghetti/noodles.
8. Tomatoes, whole or in pieces and tomato paste or concentrate put up for retail sale.
9. Fruit Juice in retail packs.
10. Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces.
11. Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters containing added sugar or sweetening matter or flavoured, ice snow, other non-alcoholic beverages, and beer and stout (bottled, canned, or otherwise packed, but excluding energy or health drinks (liquid dietary supplements).
12. Bagged cement.
13. Medicaments as indicated below:
    1. 1. Paracetamol tablets and syrups;
       2. Cotrimoxazole tablets and syrups;
       3. Metronidazole tablets and syrups;
       4. Chloroquine tablets and syrups;
       5. Haematinic formulations; ferrous sulphate and ferrous gluconate tablets, folic acid tablets, vitamin B Complex Tablets (except modified released formulations).
       6. Multivitamin tablets, capsules, and syrups (except special formulations);
       7. Aspirin tablets (except modified released formulation and soluble aspirin);
       8. Magnesium trisilicate tablets and suspensions.
       9. Piperazine tablets and syrups;
       10. Levamisole tablets and syrups;
       11. Clotrimazole cream;
       12. Ointments – penicillin/gentamycin;
       13. Pyrantel pamoate tablets and syrups;
       14. Intravenous fluids (dextrose, normal saline, etc.);
       15. Waste Pharmaceuticals.
14. Soaps and Detergents in retail packs only.
15. Mosquito Repellant Coils.
16. Sanitary Wares of Plastics and Domestic Articles and Wares of Plastics (but excluding Baby Feeding bottles) and flushing cistern and waterless toilets.
17. Rethreaded and used Pneumatic tires but excluding used truck tires for rethreading of sized 11.00 x 20 and above.
18. Corrugated Paper and Paper Boards, cartons, boxes, and cases made from corrugated paper and paper boards, toilet paper, cleaning or facial tissue, excluding baby diapers and incontinent pads for adult use.
19. Telephone Re-charge cards and vouchers.
20. Carpets and other textile floor coverings.
21. All types of Foot Wears, Bags, and Suitcases but excluding Safety Shoes used in oil industries, sports shoes, canvass shoes, all Completely Knocked Down (CKD) blanks and parts.
22. Hollow Glass Bottles of a capacity exceeding 150mls (0.15 litres) of all kinds used for packaging of beverages by breweries and other beverage and drink companies.
23. Used compressors and used fridges/freezers.
24. Used Motor Vehicles above fifteen (15) years from the year of manufacture.
25. Furniture, but excluding baby walkers, laboratory cabinets such as microscope table, fume cupboards, laboratory benches, Stadium Chairs, height adjustments device, base sledge, seat frames and control mechanism, arm guide, and head guides.  Also excluded are; skeletal parts of furniture such as blanks, upholstered or unfinished parts of metal, plastics, veneer, chair shell, etc.  Also excluded are Motor Vehicle seats and Seats other than garden seats or camping equipment, convertible into beds.
26. Ball Point Pens and parts including refills (excluding tip).

Here you have it: Import Prohibition List in Nigeria 2022. Do well to share this information with others to encourage entrepreneurial development in Nigeria.

Thank you.

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