Exporters in the Airfreight business have decried the exorbitant tariff charges imposed by the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service on agricultural produce, saying the agency charges as hgh as N5000 per kilo of goods.
He expressed concern that the high tariff has pushed a lot of them out of business, as there is no return on investment, adding that it has indeed hampered export business in the country. A member of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders , Lanre Akerekan, affirmed that quarantine services charge them N5000 per kilo of any farm produce, which is very outrageous.
He said that before an exporter finish with all the certification from the various agencies, some of the goods are already getting bad adding that there is delay in issuance of certification and document from National Export Promotion Council.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
Certificate of Clean Inspection,CCI. Not certificate of Capital Importation.
Oh! Nigeria! When shall you be wise! Instead of reducing the tariff to encourage export so as to make the country grow you chose to do otherwise. An Indian friend told me its almost zero tariff if it were to be the Indian govt just to encourage Indian export.
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