The division is in-charge of general coordination of the activities of all excise areas in the Country, collation and storage of information on Excise Revenue matters and determination of the Value on which to base Duties and Excise Products through the use of Unit-Cost Analysis data provided by the Excise Traders.

It is also the responsibility of this division to issue Excise Licenses, enforce excise Laws and Regulations and also process and grant final approvals for Entry of premises for excise factories in Nigeria. The division is also responsible for implementing Industrial Incentives Schemes like Duty Draw Back, manufacture in Bond Schemes etc in conjunction with the Nigeria Export Promotion Council and Export Processing Zone (EPZ) Authority. It is equally responsible for the preparation of Excise Revenue Projections and recommending Distress action for defaulting Excise Factories.