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zero8zero:
The 4% is the way to go. The 7% and other additional charges have been suspended. These guys protesting are illiterates, you can see it from here.

Liar. They didn’t suspend anything, otherwise they wouldn’t be protesting.

Sebi you sabi pass them. Wicked soul.

Okay so for some that charges $1500 for shipping, does it mean it's for one car before most containers comes in with 4 cars or less

forgiveness:
A container.

Life is actually better for Nigeria.
And this is to encourage Nigerians to depend less on importation and look inward, while generating enough money to run the broke Nigeria.

creolehunt:
And the masses will bear the brunt of it.

Tomorrow, they will tell you how life is better for Nigerians.

Skydivine:
Thank God I found you here. These people have charging me between $1300-$1500 for each car.
Can I have your contact?

Which country?

He thinks everyone on nairaland is daft.

Skydivine:
Please which country do you ship cars with $500? I need to know , maybe we can do business

Self-serving protests by criminals who are used to screwing up everyone else for coins.

Goods are expensive everywhere, so are the tariffs, and aside the constant “cry of wolf” by people who don’t want Nigeria to break free, Nigeria is too dependent on importation. If you want to develop like other countries you have to stop behaving like you don’t ever want to leave your bottom 3rd world position. How many poor people from the developed countries order cars from abroad? If you’re comfortable enough to order cars from abroad, you should know that the prices of vehicles are through the roof now overseas, unless you’re bringing in unsafe vehicles which are hazardous to Nigerian roads. As registered dealers, you should have books with the authority on controlled price since you will be passing the cost to the masses. Let the poor buy locally. All others who want to bring in vehicles for sale but clear them like they’re for personal use then sell them and dodge business taxes are the ones contributing to the problem. If you want to compare with nice countries, you have to see how they do things. In the US for example, you can’t just bring in any car that can’t pass emissions inspection, but in Nigeria, all the flooded cars end up in Nigeria because of greedy dealers. The same goes to all the plastic clothes from China that will become health hazard in future. I think the govt should go further by making any individual ordering to have just 1 car for a period of 10 years and the car must not be over 10 years old, anything after that should have 100% duty. As for registered dealers, they should be under a different rule that’s controlled.

zero8zero:
The 4% is the way to go. The 7% and other additional charges have been suspended. These guys protesting are illiterates, you can see it from here.

The thing weak me o bros, I come dey feel weda na me no understand the thing. These guys look like people wey dey vex say dem don spoil business for them

Deon28:
U people should wait make this government win 2027 election, that will be the end of the poor masses

That's if the poor masses would be alive till that day. Them go don kpai finish

Glimpsetv:
Summary:

Importers and freight brokers in Nigeria are protesting a new 4% Customs levy, warning it will raise clearing costs, worsen inflation, and hurt trade. The sudden fee hike has sparked outrage and calls for the policy to be suspended.

I think you forgot the mention the new unit setup to replicate the work of Examining officer and Releasing officer; called the compliance unit.

There are just too many units to deal with when freight forwarding or clearing a shipment: You have the releasing officer whose primary task to assess shipment declaration, duty paid, and confirm cargo through the examining officer. Despite this, there are other units whose task replicate these two previously mentioned. The CIU, Valuation, enforcement, Gate and compliance, not forgetting FOU on the roads.
Each of these units wants a pound of flesh.

Compliance units appears to be the recent one. They often leave a comment on the single window declaration, requesting to be invited for the container examination. After you are done settling and processing through the releasing officer, you have to repeat the same process at compliance unit.

The issue of network. Why is it that these offices barely have a functioning network? Most atimes one often hears from these officers.” No network!” I thought we have all overcomes the issues with the advent of starling and 5G?

The country is a mess, sorry to say. We keep repeating the same process hoping for a new outcome. From single window to Bodogwu… same process rinsed and repeated with new masters and their selfish interest.

It is difficult to do business here!

hatchy:
Your president just bought over 9Mobile.
It's now T2
What do you have to say about it?

Sure? 9mobile now T2?

Everyone knows D-lord is a very wicked man. As at now he has not revealed himself fully, his full Mephistophelean self. Ask yourself, if this man is so evil in his first tenure, how much more deathly would he be if inec rigs him in the second time.
There is a pattern to all his policies: it is to ensure the maximum number of Nigerians are either dead or are beggers. Consider from subsidy removal to multiple bank charges for money transfers, stamp duty charges, multiple and exorbitant import duties, multiple taxation, poor minimum wage after dilly- dallying for eons to approve it, approval of GMO foods for Nigeria, floating of the Naira, etc. . But God will give us victory. We are confident in the victory of good over evil .

forgiveness:
Someone bought car with 1.7m shipped it with $500 ($2000 per container with 4 cars) then cleared the car with 2.4m.

Is that not something else?

So, 4% FOB will amount to N 2.4 million?

Helinuss:
We have the highest clearing fee in this continent despite the fact we have the highest population. What is the problem of this country. Hiking it again. Do u want to kill the masses?

Original Helinues is happy about this news🤣😂

do4luv14:
Boss na here you dey

Kkkkk

forgiveness:
Kkkkk

You know about the importing things ??

do4luv14:
You know about the importing things ??

Somehow.

Enice:
So, 4% FOB will amount to N 2.4 million?

That was before 4% FOB though.

forgiveness:
Somehow.

Like can I get some things like Marine communications equipments??

Very useless president surrounded by useless officeholders. What exactly is the 4% meant to do?
What about the money they borrow on daily basis despite subsidy removal. Amadioha strike all of you in that aso rock

BreakingNews21:
Look on the bright side. This is very good news for locally made auto companies like Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing and a few others.

what bright side? Innoson sells brand new vehicles. How many Nigerians can afford brand new vehicles? Or should we wait years for the few who can buy brand new to use them until they are tired of using them then sell them as second hand? Some of una eh

Skydivine:
Please which country do you ship cars with $500? I need to know , maybe we can do business

Germany even south Korea

BreakingNews21:
Look on the bright side. This is very good news for locally made auto companies like Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing and a few others.

there is no bright side, nothing will happen in that sector. I am not happy with this policy.

zero8zero:
The 4% is the way to go. The 7% and other additional charges have been suspended. These guys protesting are illiterates, you can see it from here.

I need to understand something here,. Is there an increase on the charges Was it 7% before and it was reduced to 4%?

Customs don’t have any other intelligence strategy than to keep pressing the necks of Nigerians with their unreasonable hikes in importation fees. The average customs officer is corrupt. I remember back in 2004 a guy who just got customs job was boastfully saying that he would not need to touch his salary because of egunje he will be collecting. Nigeria has given these guys avenue to feed fat on evil.

do4luv14:
Like can I get some things like Marine communications equipments??

Noooo! I don't know about that.

NelbromTech:
what bright side? Innoson sells brand new vehicles. How many Nigerians can afford brand new vehicles? Or should we wait years for the few who can buy brand new to use them until they are tired of using them then sell them as second hand? Some of una eh

Wait? yes wait. Rome wasn't built in a day. The name of the game is to support locally made vehicles so that in a few years there will be a robust used or pre-owned car market w/o importing products that won't sell in more developed countries. It's called build for the future and look long range.
" AI Overview
5 made-in-Nigeria cars you would love to drive | The ...
Several vehicles are manufactured or assembled in Nigeria. These include models from Hyundai, Nissan, Peugeot, and the indigenous brand, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM). Additionally, Nord Automobiles produces a range of vehicles in Nigeria."

Dantatanazzy007:
Germany even south Korea

That is good to know. I will be needing a Camry or Honda Civic. But if the price is good , I might go for a Toyota Highlander. Can you help with any of these?

donmixc:
Original Helinues is happy about this news🤣😂

I am the original. The guy is the fake one. Lol

How can u called someone who always see every bad thing as good. He is never original

BreakingNews21:
Wait? yes wait. Rome wasn't built in a day. The name of the game is to support locally made vehicles so that in a few years there will be a robust used or pre-owned car market w/o importing products that won't sell in more developed countries. It's called build for the future and look long range.
" AI Overview
5 made-in-Nigeria cars you would love to drive | The ...
Several vehicles are manufactured or assembled in Nigeria. These include models from Hyundai, Nissan, Peugeot, and the indigenous brand, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM). Additionally, Nord Automobiles produces a range of vehicles in Nigeria."

I understand your point, but the reality is that it will take a very long time, and people need to own cars before then. If the government is truly serious about supporting locally made vehicles, they should lead by example and make use of them in their fleets. They have the financial capacity to purchase foreign vehicles at whatever price they wish, so they do not feel the pain of the common man. The truth is that Nigerians simply do not have the purchasing power to achieve this dream any time soon. Have you not seen the reports that 80 percent of Nigerians earn below 250,000 naira per month? Many private firms, including government agencies, have even refused to pay the 77,000 naira minimum wage. This was recently highlighted during a protest in Abuja led by VDM, when teachers went on strike due to non-implementation of the new minimum wage. Students were kept at home for three months. And this happened right in the Federal Capital Territory. So tell me, with this survival-level wage that workers are paid, when will Nigerians be able to buy a Keke that now costs between 3 and 4 million naira, let alone a brand-new car? For context, the lowest-priced car from Innoson is 22 million naira. We have to be realistic here, sir. Many mechanisms need to be put in place before such policies can work, and at the top of those mechanisms should be a proper car mortgage or installment payment plan, just as it is done in developed countries. You do not just bring out laws without adequate planning. This is the same way some of you supported Tinubu’s removal of fuel subsidy without a solid plan in place.

I will rest my case for now.

NelbromTech:
I understand your point, but the reality is that it will take a very long time, and people need to own cars before then. If the government is truly serious about supporting locally made vehicles, they should lead by example and make use of them in their fleets. They have the financial capacity to purchase foreign vehicles at whatever price they wish, so they do not feel the pain of the common man. The truth is that Nigerians simply do not have the purchasing power to achieve this dream any time soon. Have you not seen the reports that 80 percent of Nigerians earn below 250,000 naira per month? Many private firms, including government agencies, have even refused to pay the 77,000 naira minimum wage. This was recently highlighted during a protest in Abuja led by VDM, when teachers went on strike due to non-implementation of the new minimum wage. Students were kept at home for three months. And this happened right in the Federal Capital Territory. So tell me, with this survival-level wage that workers are paid, when will Nigerians be able to buy a Keke that now costs between 3 and 4 million naira, let alone a brand-new car? For context, the lowest-priced car from Innoson is 22 million naira. We have to be realistic here, sir. Many mechanisms need to be put in place before such policies can work, and at the top of those mechanisms should be a proper car mortgage or installment payment plan, just as it is done in developed countries. You do not just bring out laws without adequate planning. This is the same way some of you supported Tinubu’s removal of fuel subsidy without a solid plan in place.

I will rest my case for now.


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If you like, I can also make you a more concise and punchy version for social media so it drives the point even harder.

Excellent write-up. I just read on this platform that the Oga at the top is traveling again. The main person in power to influence the domestic market is leaving the country again. NASS is on a two month recess so forget about them crafting legislation to help the home-grown market.