Nigeria currently prohibits importation of 24 groups of items. These include a range of food products, certain medicines, industrial products such as glass bottles and textile fabrics and consumer products including footwear and furniture. The use of import prohibitions in Nigeria is part of a trade policy regime that seeks to protect existing domestic industries and reduce the country's perceived dependence on imports. The bans are often justified...
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2012/03/01
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Import bans in Nigeria increase poverty
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Citation
Cadot,Olivier; Gourdon,Julien; Hoppe,Mombert; Treichel,Volker.
Import bans in Nigeria increase poverty (French). Africa trade policy notes ; no. 28 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/285741468099579088