T&C MFG-MAN: Customs Restates Commitment To Support Non-Export

The Nigeria Customs Service has restated its commitment to continue supporting exportation of goods produced in the country.
Controller General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ali (Rtd.) made this known in Lagos at the CEO Lucheon/ Dinner of Toiletries and Cosmetics Manufacturers Group of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) recently.
Speaking through his representative, Controller Queen Ogbudu of Ikeja Industrial, Hameed Ali said Nigerian Customs Service and indeed the federal Government offer several incentives to encourage indigenous manufacturers who export their products to other nations of the world.
Some of these windows include; Manufacturer-in- Bond scheme, (MIBS), Export Expansion Grant (EEG), Bonafide Manufactures/Assembly,(BMA) and Export Processing zones / Free Export zones.
He said in the area of export facilitation the service continues to provide a conducive environment for trade through continuous engagement and collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
He tasked cosmetics and toiletries manufacturers who export their products to engage consultant and agents who are knowledgeable in export, adding that the Customs have regular enlightenment and sensitization on export procedures.
Further he advised the manufacturers to take advantage of window of support by federal government in the area of export and noted that since his assumption of office as Controller General of Customs there has been increase in non-oil export.
For instance, few days ago TinCan Island Port Customs Command in its half year 2022 report noted that it experienced increase in export activities. The Command recorded an outward throughput in export cargoof 138,246.50 metric tons representing an increase by 73 per cent from 100,500 metric tons recorded in 2021, with and F.O.B value of N100, 447,304,814.00, during the period under review.
Also export through Apapa port rose by 8,525 per cent in the half year 2022, HI’22, when compared to the same period last year, HI’21.
According to Apapa Area 1 Command the Free-On-Board, FOB, of export for first half 2022 was $138 million (N6.21 billion) compared to $1.6 million (N720 million) in the same period last year. The Apapa Customs boss attributed the increase in export to the Federal Government’s export policy.
According to him, “In line with the Federal government efforts to diversify the economy through non-oil export, the command recorded a boom in the exportation of non-oil commodities with about 2.5 million metric tonnes, above the five hundred and forty thousand (540) metric tonnes in the year 2021.