The Federal Ministry of Finance, yesterday, clarified that import duties on food items and luxury goods have not been raised, as recently reported by some media
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This is especially necessary at these challenging times when the Federal Government is putting extra efforts to encourage our local industries and manufacturers”.
Import Prohibition list
Meanwhile the ministry has also re-issued the import prohibition list to include: Live or dead birds such as frozen poultry; pork, beef; bird eggs, excluding hatching eggs.
Others are: Refined vegetable oil , excluding refined linseed, castor and olive oil. Crude vegetable oil is however not banned from importation. *Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form containing added flavouring or colouring matter ; in retail packs Cocoa butter, Powder and cakes Spaghetti/Noodles.
*Fruit Juice in retail Packs; Waters, including mineral waters and aerated Waters, containing added sugar or sweetening matter or flavoured, ice snow; other non-alcoholic beverages; ; excluding energy or health drinks – liquid dietary supplements e.g. Power Horse, Red Ginseng; and Beer and stout (Bottled, Canned or otherwise packed).
*Bagged Cement. *Medicament falling under Headings; 3003 & 3004 such as: Paracetamol tablets Syrups; Cotrimozazole tablets and Syrups; Metronidazole tablets and Syrups; Chloroquine tablets and Syrups; Haematinic formulations; Ferrous sulphate and ferrous gluconate tablets; Folic acid tablets; Vitamin B Complex tablets (except modified release; formulations).
*Multivitamin tablets, capsules and syrups (except special formulations); Aspirin tablets (except modified release formulations and soluble aspirin); Magnesium trisilicate tablets and suspensions; Piperazine tablets and syrups; Levamisole tablets and syrups; Ointments penicillin/gentamycin; Pyrantel pamoate tablets and syrups;Intravenous Fluids (Dextrose, Normal Saline etc)
*Waste pharmaceuticals; Soaps and Detergents in retail packs; Mosquito repellant Coils (mosquito coils) ;Sanitary Wares of Plastics and Domestic Articles and Wares of Plastic; (but excluding Baby Feeding Bottles) and (flushing cistern and waterless toos toilets).
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