Nigerian trade groups and export-promoting agencies are partnering on a new collective approach to export Nigerian non-oil products to advanced markets of the United Kingdom, UK, and United States of America, USA.
The Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce, NBCC, Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC), Nigerian Export Promotion Council and Nigerian Investment Promotion Council, NIPC are leading Nigerian exporters and other Nigerian and international stakeholders in the quest for international markets for Nigerian non-oil exports.
The NBCC will in June lead a delegation of Nigerian exporters to London to explore partnership opportunities and showcase Nigerian non-oil exports.
The UK trade mission, which includes private and public sector operators, will include discussions between the NBCC and London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and other stakeholders on how to smoothen the process of Nigerian non-oil exports to UK.
The UK export trade mission comes at the same time that the ban placed on export of Nigeria-originated beans to European Union (EU) countries lapses. The EU had in June 2015 slammed a one-year ban on dried beans from Nigeria over poor storage and preservation practice. The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has assured that the EU concerns have been addressed and the ban may be lifted next month.
The NACC will this weekend lead a major discussion by major stakeholders including the US Embassy in Nigeria, West African Trade and Investment Hub of United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) among others on how to facilitate Nigerian exports under the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA).
The discussion will include the entire chain of the export process from health regulatory compliance to packaging and financing among others.
