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Government expands import restriction list
Jun 24, 2003, 19:52
| | The Federal Government has increased the number of items on its import restriction list. The additional items are sugar, canned and bottled beer, toilet roll, confectionaries, exercise books, envelopes, barite and bentonite.
In August 2002, the Government initially banned the importation of:
· Sorghum
· Millet
· Wheat flour
· Gypsum
· Vegetable oil in bulk
· Mosquito repellent coils
· Used tyres
· Gaming machines
· Second hand clothes
· Used refrigerator and air-conditioning units
· Used compressors
· Bagged cement
· Vehicles that are over eight years old
· Textile of any kind through the land border
· Printed fabrics (Ankara)
· Frozen poultry
· Cassava and cassava products
· Containerised goods through the land borders
· Fruit juice in retail packets
· Table water (sparkling/non-sparkling)
· Noodles
· Biscuits of any type
· Drugs and other regulated products
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Customs Service has given importers a 21-day grace period to clear items on the Federal Government’s current import restriction list.
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Aliyu Mustapha, disclosed that the grace period would expire on 22 July, after which the import restriction order would be enforced.
Mustapha revealed that Customs officials at the border areas, seaports and international airports have been mandated to take immediate legal action against importers of banned goods.
The law prescribes jail terms ranging from six months to two years for those caught importing banned items. In addition, the goods and the means by which they are transported would be seized.
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