Importation of rice through land border remains prohibited – Nigeria Customs Service

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reiterated that the ban on importation of rice into the country through the land borders is still being enforced.

The Service however explained that the new federal government fiscal measures on food importation apply only to brown rice and paddy rice.

The Comptroller-General of NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, stated this on Friday during a routine inspection at the Apapa port, Lagos.

Adeniyi maintained that “Nothing has changed in the importation of Rice.

“Apart from the fact that Brown Rice and Rice Paddies will be allowed duty-free. That is the only amendment to the fiscal policy.

“The extant policy on rice still remain the same. Importation of Rice through the land border is still restricted.”

This clarification comes amid the temporal suspension of the import duties on selected food items including brown rice, grain sorghum, millet, maize, wheat, and beans, with the intent to crash food prices in the country.

The 150 days tax policy takes effect from July 15 and will remain in force until December 31

Rough rice, also called paddy rice, is the whole rice grain with the hulls (about 20% of the grain) (Ffoulkes, 1998). It is a coarser product than brown rice, which is the rice grain without the hulls but still containing the bran, or polished rice, which is the rice without the bran. Brown Rice is Ofada rice.

Source: https://kinggram.org/go/crime/importation-of-rice-through-land-border-remains-prohibited-nigeria-customs-service/

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