Nigeria Import Duty & Landed Cost Calculator

E go depend on which of di five ECOWAS Common External Tariff band 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 4% FCS levy on FOB, 7% surcharge on di duty amount, 0.5% ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme levy on CIF, and 7.5% import VAT on di cumulative total. Confirm your own HS code and final duty with licensed customs agent — na general-goods estimate be dis, and vehicle imports or NAFDAC/SON-clearance items go carry additional fee wey no dey included.

How import duty & landed cost dey calculated

Most of dis levy dem base on your CIF value — duty, di 0.5% ETLS levy, and di 7.5% import VAT (wey dem apply to di cumulative CIF-plus-levies total, no be CIF alone). Di 4% FCS levy na di exception — e dey base on FOB value only, and di 7% surcharge dey base on di computed duty amount, no be CIF.

Import duty rate dem by ECOWAS CET band
BandRate
Essential/capital goods — e.g. vaccine, fertiliser0%
Primary raw material — e.g. gas-liquefying machine, insulin, durum wheat5%
Intermediate goods — e.g. cement clinker, vehicle part, protective footwear, broken rice10%
Finished consumer goods — e.g. printer, milk, cigarette, beer, used petrol vehicle, paint20%
Restricted/priority-sector goods — e.g. sweet biscuit, sugar confectionery35%

Frequently asked questions

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

E go depend on which of di five ECOWAS Common External Tariff band 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 4% FCS levy on FOB, 7% surcharge on di duty amount, 0.5% ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme levy on CIF, and 7.5% import VAT on di cumulative total. Confirm your own HS code and final duty with licensed customs agent — na general-goods estimate be dis, and vehicle imports or NAFDAC/SON-clearance items go carry additional fee wey no dey included.

TaxLane free? E dey store my data?

Yes, e free, no account dey needed. Di calculations dey run for your own phone or computer, dem no dey send am go any server.

Na official tax advice be dis?

No — na just guide, e no be tax advice.