FG bans importation of cement, poultry foods, pharmaceutical products


The Federal Government has banned the importation of poultry foods, cement, pharmaceutical and agricultural products from countries outside the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.

According to a circular by the Federal Ministry of Finance, signed by Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance, dated April 1, 2026, and seen by TheCable, the products are part of 17 items on a revised import prohibition list.

“Import Prohibition list (Trade), applicable only to certain goods originating from non-ECOWAS member states. It consists of 17 items,” the circular read. 

The revised import prohibition list is part of the 2026 fiscal policy measures (FPM) and tariff amendments.

“In addition, a grace period of ninety (90) days, commencing from the effective date of implementation of this circular, i.e., April 1, 2026, shall be granted to all importers who had opened Form ‘M’ and must have entered into irrevocable trade agreement before the coming into effect of this circular, to process and clear their goods at the prevailing duty rates.

“However, any new import transaction entered from the 1st of April 2026, shall be subjected to the new import duty regime.

“These Fiscal Policy Measures which supersede the 2023 Fiscal Policy Measures shall be published in the Official Federal Government Gazette,’’ the circular read further.

Items on the revised import prohibition list include Live or dead birds, including frozen poultry; Pork/beef, including tongues, livers, and shoulders of bovine animals; Bird eggs, excluding hatching eggs of grand parent stock for breeding and research purposes; and refined vegetable oil, excluding refined linseed, castor oil, olive oil, and hydrogenated vegetable fats, and crude vegetable oil.

Culled from Vanguard

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