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Export goods from Nigeria
Procedure to export commercial goods from Nigeria: NEPC exporter registration → product/quality certificates (NAQS phytosanitary for produce) → Certificate of Origin → Form NXP via bank → Customs shipment → repatriate proceeds.
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Who you will deal with
The steps
- Register as an exporter with NEPC
- Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC)
- Register on the NEPC e-registration portal to obtain an exporter certificate (prerequisite: a CAC-registered business). Certificate valid 24 months, then annual renewal.
- CAC incorporation documents; completed NEPC application
- Certificate valid 24 months
- Obtain product quality / health certificates
- NAQS / SON / NAFDAC
- Agricultural produce needs a NAQS phytosanitary certificate (per consignment); other goods may need SON or NAFDAC quality certification for the destination market.
- Consignment details; product specifications
- Per consignment
- Obtain a Certificate of Origin
- Chamber of Commerce (NACCIMA) / Customs
- Obtain a Certificate of Origin certifying the goods are of Nigerian origin.
- Invoice; packing list; exporter details
- Days
- Complete and register Form NXP via bank
- Authorised Dealer Bank → NEPC
- Initiate the electronic NXP form on the trade portal and submit to your bank; bank verifies and forwards to NEPC for final approval. NXP is completed in 6 copies.
- Proforma invoice; sales contract; export licence; NEPC certificate
- Days
- Customs inspection and shipment
- Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)
- NCS inspects, endorses the NXP copies on shipment, and dispatches copies to CBN, NEPC and exporter.
- Endorsed Form NXP; shipping documents
- Days
- Repatriate export proceeds
- Authorised Dealer Bank → CBN
- Export proceeds must be repatriated through the processing bank per CBN rules.
- Bill of lading; final invoice; NXP
- Per CBN timeline
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