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Again, CBN Increases Customs Duty On Cargo Clearance

by Yusuf Babalola
1 year ago
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has for the third time this year, increased the exchange rate for calculating customs duties at the nation’s seaports to N1,413.62/$  N1,417.635/$.

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With the upward review, Nigerians will pay more to clear their goods at the port because import duties are benchmarked against the dollar.

According to information obtained from the official website of the Nigeria Customs Service, the exchange rate was reviewed upward on Friday, February 9.

This represents an increase of N4.015 and a percentage increase of 0.28 percent, which is below the official CBN exchange rate of N1,481.982/$ as of the morning of Saturday, February 10, 2024.

It was gathered that the current upward review of the exchange rate for calculating Customs import duty is the third in one week and also the third in 2024.

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It is also the seventh time the apex bank has adjusted exchange in the space of eight months since President Tinubu’s administration commenced the floating naira policy, a reform aimed at stabilising the forex market.

The Customs had on June 24, 2023, adjusted the exchange rate from N422.30/$ to N589/$, and on July 6, 2023, it was adjusted to N770.88/$, on November 14, 2023, it was adjusted to N783.174/$, in December it was adjusted to N951.941/$, on February 2 it was moved to N1, 356.883/$ and on February 3, it was raised to N1, 413.62/$ and now it has been raised to N1,417.635/$.

Reacting recently in an interview, Bisiriyu Lasisi Fanu, former chairman of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents at Seme Border, said the frequency at which the CBN is adjusting the exchange rate has become worrisome, which is why there is so much overtime cargo at the port.

“CBN can’t change the rate and expect the importer who has made his calculation on what the landing cost and profit will be based on the previous exchange rate to survive.

How do you expect the importer to generate the difference immediately to clear the goods from the port? It is not possible,” Fanu said.

He said the hike in Customs duty through high FX rates will affect all goods in the market because every commodity in the market has imported input in them.


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