Nigeria Customs Service
11 Feb 2024
The pang of hunger ravaging the country is has been given a major boost by the spot rate adopted by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to calculate import duties.
6 Feb 2024
The Senate, yesterday, counselled the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to find ways of increasing its N5.079 trillion revenue target for 2024.
5 Feb 2024
The adoption of the spot foreign exchange (FX) rate in computing duty on imported commodities has thrown importers and the entire business community into a panic mode.
3 Feb 2024
Nigerians are in for more economic hardship induced by inflation as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) exchange rate for clearance of imported goods to N1,356.883 per 1$.
1 Feb 2024
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi, has said the 2023 general elections, cash crunch, the Naira re-design policy, and other factors led to the drastic reduction in the revenue generated for the year. According to him, uncertainties and anxiety towards the 2023 elections and suspension of excise on single-use plastics, carbonated drinks,…
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