Nigeria: The government approves four companies to import maize despite the import ban

Announcement

04 Sep 2020

On 4 September 2020, the government of Nigeria introduced a temporary import quota on maize imports.

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Number of interventions

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 Aug 2020

Revocation date:

31 Oct 2020

Announced: 04 Sep 2020

Import quota

On 4 September 2020, the government of Nigeria introduced a temporary import quota on maize imports. Previously, on 13 July 2020, the Central Bank of Nigeria had introduced an import ban on maize (see...

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Announced: 13 Jul 2020

Nigeria: Introduction of import ban on maize and corn

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Liberalising Trade Policy Measures

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