Area
Nigeria
Commodity Group
Rice
Commodity
All
Date
20/08/2019
Policy Category
Trade
Policy Instrument
Import restrictions
Description
Launched Exercise Swift Response, a joint security operation between the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other entities, which enforced a partial closure of borders with Benin, successively extended to borders with Niger. The aim of the operation was to curb smuggling, especially of rice, and it was to be complemented by other anti-smuggling measures, to be discussed with authorities in Benin and Niger.
