Nigeria Import Duty & Landed Cost Calculator

It depends which of the five ECOWAS Common External Tariff bands your goods fall into — 0% for essential/capital goods up to 35% for restricted/priority-sector goods — applied to your CIF (cost, insurance, and freight) value, plus a 4% FCS levy on FOB, a 7% surcharge on the duty amount, a 0.5% ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme levy on CIF, and 7.5% import VAT on the cumulative total. Confirm your own HS code and final duty with a licensed customs agent — this is a general-goods estimate, and vehicle imports or NAFDAC/SON-clearance items carry additional fees not included.

How import duty & landed cost is calculated

Most of these levies are based on your CIF value — duty, the 0.5% ETLS levy, and the 7.5% import VAT (applied to the cumulative CIF-plus-levies total, not CIF alone). The 4% FCS levy is the exception — it's based on FOB value only, and the 7% surcharge is based on the computed duty amount, not CIF.

Import duty rates by ECOWAS CET band
BandRate
Essential/capital goods (e.g. vaccines, fertiliser)0%
Primary raw materials (e.g. gas-liquefying machinery, insulin, durum wheat)5%
Intermediate goods (e.g. cement clinkers, vehicle parts, protective footwear, broken rice)10%
Finished consumer goods (e.g. printers, milk, cigarettes, beer, used petrol vehicles, paints)20%
Restricted/priority-sector goods (e.g. sweet biscuits, sugar confectionery)35%

Frequently asked questions

How much import duty will I pay on goods coming into Nigeria?

It depends which of the five ECOWAS Common External Tariff bands your goods fall into — 0% for essential/capital goods up to 35% for restricted/priority-sector goods — applied to your CIF (cost, insurance, and freight) value, plus a 4% FCS levy on FOB, a 7% surcharge on the duty amount, a 0.5% ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme levy on CIF, and 7.5% import VAT on the cumulative total. Confirm your own HS code and final duty with a licensed customs agent — this is a general-goods estimate, and vehicle imports or NAFDAC/SON-clearance items carry additional fees not included.

Is TaxLane free, and does it store my data?

Yes, it's free with no account needed. Calculations run on your device and are never sent to a server.

Is this official tax advice?

No — for guidance only, not tax advice.