Nigerian govt bans 17 goods import [Full List]

The Nigerian authorities has slammed a prohibition connected 17 goods imported into the country, including bagged cement, frozen poultry, sweetener drinks, detergents, soaps, and others.

This was contained successful a circular signed by the curate of finance, Wale Edun, dated April 1, 2026.

The affected goods, chiefly from non-ECOWAS countries, are portion of 17 items listed connected a revised import prohibition list.

The determination is portion of Nigeria’s 2026 fiscal measures and tariff amendments affecting 127 items.

See the afloat database of 17 prohibited items:

Live oregon dormant birds, including frozen poultry

Pork and beef, including tongues, livers, and shoulders of bovine animals

Bird eggs (excluding hatching eggs for breeding and research)

Refined rootlike lipid (excluding linseed, castor, olive oil, and hydrogenated fats) and crude rootlike oil.

Cane oregon beet sweetener and chemically axenic sucrose successful coagulated signifier with added flavoring oregon coloring.

Cocoa butter, powder, cakes, and cocoa abdominous and oil.

Tomatoes—whole, successful pieces, arsenic paste, oregon arsenic conce...