Apply In-Person

1. To get Incentives from Manufacturers in Bond Scheme, the applicant needs to visit the office of the Nigerian Customs Service. The address and contact details can be found in the following link: contact
2. Visit the office and obtain an application form to get Incentives from Manufacturers in Bond Scheme from the relevant department.
3. Complete the application form with appropriate information under relevant sections. Attest it with your signature once completed.
4. Once completed filling the application form, make sure that you attached all the documents listed in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. Then, submit it in person to the relevant authority at the office. Make the stipulated payment as directed by the officials.
6. After submission, the application and other documents will be forwarded for examination and verification processes.
7. Once the verification and validation processes are over, the application will be approved and the officials will proceed to take required steps.
   

• NCS Approval including the Import Requirement Certificate (IRC)
• Single Good Declaration Form SGD Form C.2010
• Clean Report of Inspection (CRI), Form `M’

Nigeria Customs Service - Head Office,
Abidjan Street, Wuse,
P.M.B. 26,
Zone 3,
Abuja – FCT.
Tel: 09 4621597, 4621598, 4621599
Mobile: 07037891156
Fax: 09 5234694
Email: info@customs.gov.ng
Website Nigeria Customs Service Zonal Headquarters Contacts

• The Manufacturer-In-Bond Scheme (MIBS) shall be applicable to export manufacturers only. Interested manufacturers shall apply to the Federal Ministry of Finance using the prescribed forms.
• Factory premises must be approved for specified purposes by the Nigerian Customs Service

• The Nigerian Customs Service determines the acceptable guarantee bond, covering not less than 110 percent customs duty payable on each consignment
  

• The Bond, which shall be effective from the date of its issuance by the Bank, shall be discharged when the conditions stipulated therein have been fulfilled.
• The manufacturer should apply to the Nigeria Customs Service through the approved guarantor, for an extension of the Bond particularly when the life of the Bond has expired. The extension of the Bond shall not exceed three months.

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For a manufacturer to enjoy the scheme, the factory premises must be approved for that purpose by the Nigeria Customs Service. The approval (including the Import Requirement Certificate) should be obtained within a period of two months and transmitted to the Nigeria Customs Service for implementation.

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• This scheme is designed to encourage manufacturers to import duty free raw material inputs and other intermediate products whether prohibited or not for the production of goods for export, backed by a Bond issued by any recognized Commercial Bank, Merchant Bank, Insurance Company or Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank. The bond will be discharged after evidence of exportation and repatriation of foreign proceed has been produced.
  

• MIBS operates on a calendar year importation basis. For prohibited items, however, the scheme operates on import-by-import basis.
  

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• For more information about the scheme: More Information
  

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