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1. To apply for a Phytosanitary Certificate, Applicant shall register with the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS).
2. To register on NAQS, please click on the following link: Link
3. On the given page, fill up your details and click on “register”
4. After your account is registered, come back to the log in page, fill up your credentials and click on “login”
5. Once login, follow the instructions and submit an application for Phytosanitary Certificate.
6. Please make sure you have all the required documents that are listed under the Required Document” section of this page.
7. Once the application is accepted and processed, a payment window appears on your screen.
8. The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee.
9. The NAQS schedules an inspection; the inspector inspects the shipment destined for export.
10. Once the inspection yields satisfactory results, the inspector issues a Phytosanitary Certificate.

• Permit to import
• Commercial invoice
• Sales Contract
• Packing list

Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service - Head Office
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
81, Ralph Shodeinde Street,
Central Business District, Abuja , Nigeria
Tel: (234)8077778943 / (234)8091333385
Email: contact@naqs.gov.ng / info@naqs.gov.ng
Website: Link
NAQS Portal :Link

• Registered exporter

As prescribed by the NAQS portal.

The Certificate is valid per shipment or consignment. A new shipment requires a new Phytosanitary Certificate

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• Category of application
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• Package type
• Area of production
• Country of origin
• Exporting country
• Address
• Entry and Exit points
• Batch number

Phytosanitary Certificate is used to attest that consignments meet Phytosanitary import requirements.

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