The North West region of the country is said to possess the potential of earning $2b to $2.5b yearly from cotton exports, but to achieve this...

To end rejection of Nigerian goods for export due to non-compliance with international market standards, some women and youths in Cross River have been...

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) says sustainable export of local commodities will boost the country’s economy. The South-South Regional Coordinator of the commission, Mrs. Azuka Ikejiofor, who stated this in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during a one-day stakeholders export interactive forum on “Exporting Non-Oil Products From Nigeria,” stressed that the country is a major resource centre of…

The Federal Government has unveiled plans to create an export trading company to replace the defunct commodity boards, to aggregate main agricultural produce such as palm oil, cocoa, cashew, groundnut, as well as semi-finished and finished products. Executive director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Segun Awolowo, disclosed this while delivering a lecture on…

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has commended an indigenous producer of tomato, Wells Hosa Greenhouse Farms Limited, for deploying the use of greenhouse technology to produce exportable tomatoes in the country. The Executive Director, NEPC, Olusegun Awolowo, explained that with the technology, Nigeria could now start to export tomatoes to every part of the…

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has partnered the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) to end the high level of rejection of Nigerian produce in the global market.

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has explained that bureaucratic bottlenecks in accessing funds for export of non-oil products, made the Federal Government to create a new funding scheme. NEPC’s Executive Director, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, disclosed this in Enugu at a workshop on Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) for cashew farming and export finance facilities. He…

The Nigeria Industrial Council and Competiveness Advisory Council has moved to review fiscal arrangements and incentives applicable to the country’s free trade zones (FTZs).

The Nigeria-Malaysia Business Council (NMBC), has partnered with the Nigeria Exports Promotion Council (NEPC), and the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), on the establishment of a trade corridor.   The partnership is aimed at boosting trade and investment between the two countries,   Speaking at the partnership ceremony in Abuja recently, President, NMBC, Dr…

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has called on Nigerian exporters to explore the gains of the extended African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which facilitates duty free exports to the United States of America.

The International Trade Centre (ITC) has announced that the trade between commonwealth countries estimated to be about $700 billion in 2015 is expected to hit $1 trillion by 2020.

To boost the nation’s non-oil export profile, the Executive Director of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Olusegun Awolowo has sought to partner with the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO) on technology transfer for processing exported items. Leading a delegation of the agency to FIIRO to identify research findings that are commercialisable and…