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WT/TPR/S/247/Corr.1 
31 May 2011  
 
(11-2734) 
Trade Policy Review Body  
  
 
TRADE POLICY REVIEW 
 
NIGERIA 
 
Report by the Secretariat 
 
Corrigendum 
  
Chapter II, paragraph 20 should be  replaced with the following: 
 
"Nigeria has not signed the Agreement on Trade in Civ il Aircraft although it is an observer.  It has not 
signed and is not an observer to the Agreement on Government Procurement.  It has not been 
involved in any dispute, as complainant, respondent or third party, in the WTO.  Nigeria has made a significant number of notifications to the WTO (Table II.3) but a certain number remain outstanding (Table II.4)." 
Chapter II, paragraph 28 should be  replaced with the following: 
 "As part of ECOWAS, Nigeria is in negotiati ons with the EU on a West-Africa-EU Economic 
Partnership Agreement.  At the time of writing, ne gotiations remain ongoing with several outstanding 
issues to be resolved.  Thus, at present the Cotonou Agreement between the EU and the ACP 
countries remains in force.  The Cotonou Agreement provides for unilateral preferences by the EU for 
most imports from Nigeria." 
Chapter II, footnote 12 should be replaced with the following: 
 "Transparency International (2010), Corruption Perceptions Index 2010 .  Viewed at:  
http://transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results." 
 
Chapter III, paragraph 16 should be replaced with the following:  "Duty-free rates apply to, inter alia,  medication, agricultural inputs and educational material.  The 5% 
rate applies mainly to milk, grains, rice, seeds and nuts, sugar, minerals and chemicals used as 
industrial raw materials, and to other industrial raw materials.  The highest band, i.e. 35%, is applied 
to, inter alia,  sacking for packaging, certain iron and steel products, motor vehicles, and tobacco 
products.  According to the authorities, the highest rate  is used to protect certain domestic industries.  
In addition to the import duty, certain products are subject to other taxes and levies which are 
collected at the border (section (V)).  According to  the authorities, the rationale for a low import duty 
on rice and sugar but then also imposing additional le vies on them, was to bring the tariff in line with 
the ECOWAS CET, while protecting local rice and sugar producers."  WT/TPR/S/247/Corr.1 
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  Chapter III, paragraph 27 should be replaced with the following: 
 "Items included or removed from either list, ar e notified through government notices and decrees.  
The authorities stated that to add or remove any good from the prohibitions list a request needs to be 
made to the Minister of Finance, who after recommendations from the Tariff Technical Committee 
and the Tariff Review Board forwards his decision to the President for approval." 
Chapter V, paragraph 26 should be  replaced with the following: 
"At the regional level, Nigeria has participated in more than 20 training seminars and workshops 
organized by the WTO.  The subjects covered included:  agriculture, dispute settlement, non-agricultural market access, government procurem ent, SPS, TBT, WTO rules on regional trade 
agreements, trade remedies, and trade and developm ent.  Several Nigerian officials have also 
participated in specialized and thematic Geneva-b ased training activities, including the Specialized 
Course on TBT, trade and environment, SPS, agriculture, dispute settlement, government procurement, NAMA, services, regional trade, trad e and development, and TRIPS.  A number of 
Nigerian officials have completed several inter active on-line training courses offered by the WTO on 
various topics.  In addition, two officers, from the Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry, 
benefited from the ten-month trainee/internship prog ramme at the WTO Secretariat, while a third is 
currently attending the programme."  
 
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