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UK to Eliminate Tariffs on More Than 3,000 Exports From Nigeria

  • Cocoa, plantain, flowers and fertilizer exports to benefit
  • UK says it’s offering better trade terms than EU and US
A fisherman builds traps in the Baga fish market in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

A fisherman builds traps in the Baga fish market in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

Photographer: Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images

The UK government will eliminate tariffs on more than 3,000 products it imports from Nigeria in a bid to boost trade with Africa’s largest economy. 

Nigerian exporters of cocoa, cotton, plantain, flowers, fertilizers, tomatoes, frozen shrimp and sesame seed are among those that will benefit from the new tariff regime outlined in the UK’s new developing economies trading scheme, which targets 65 countries globally.