AreaNigeria

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date20/08/2019

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport restrictions

DescriptionLaunched 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.