THINGS YOU MUST KNOW

Payment of correct Customs Duties enhances national development. So pay your Customs Duties promptly:

• Hand-over only certified cheques to your Agents.
• Demand receipt for all payments made.
• Patronize genuine Customs licenced Agents only.
• You can obtain self clearance license and clear your goods yourself.
• Avoid the use of touts in clearing your cargo.
• Make all certified cheques payable to the Federal Government of Nigeria through any of the approved designated banks.
• Report all cases of extortion or demand for gratification to the nearest Customs Area Controller or the Office of the Comptroller General of Customs in Abuja.
• Delay in clearance of imported goods attracts demurrage and lead to overtime cargo.
• Ensure clearance of your goods within 90 days from the date of arrival at the seaports and 30 days at the airports.
• False declaration of goods will lead to outright forfeiture. Ensure correct declaration always.
• Use of fake documents is crime when clearing your goods. This, apart from forfeiture of the goods, can lead you into jail. Always ensure the use of genuine Customs documents.