ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) · CET code · HS 0712.20

0712.20.00.00

0712.20.00.00: Onions

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria), in force from 7 September 2023 · checked on 24 October 2026

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Importing into Nigeria

Customs duty 20% standard rate depends on the country of origin

Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.

Same subheading in other tariffs

0712.20 Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder: onions

UK 12% Third-country duty 1 tariff line EU 12.8% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 19.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA 21.3% – 29.8% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 25.6% Canada Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Mexico 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Brazil 9% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 9% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Japan 9% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Taiwan 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Switzerland specific or compound duty General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

Binding rulings for similar goods

Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.

  • 600011719 HMRC 25 November 2024 – 24 November 2027 · 0712 20 00 00

    Dehydrated Shallot Granules 1-3mm Used as a food ingredient. Dehydrated shallots, (part of the onion family) that have been peeled, sliced, dehydrated and cut down into a 1-3mm cut size. Packaged in 20kg paper bags with plastic inner liners

Legal notes

Notes

1. This chapter does not cover forage products of heading 1214.

2. In headings 0709 to 0712, the word ‘vegetables’ includes edible mushrooms, truffles, olives, capers, marrows, pumpkins, aubergines, sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata), fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fennel, parsley, chervil, tarragon, cress and sweet marjoram (Majorana hortensis or Origanum majorana).

3. Heading 0712 covers all dried vegetables of the kinds falling in headings 0701 to 0711, other than:

  1. (a) dried leguminous vegetables, shelled (heading 0713);

  2. (b) sweetcorn in the forms specified in headings 1102 to 1104;

  3. (c) flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes (heading 1105);

  4. (d) flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713 (heading 1106).

4. However, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta are excluded from this chapter (heading 0904).

5. Heading 0711 applies to vegetables which have been treated solely to ensure their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to use (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate consumption in that state.

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In the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria), 0712.20.00.00 is one of 1 line under subheading 0712.20, dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder: onions.

The import duty is 20%, and quantities are declared in KG.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 12%, the EU duty is 12.8%, the Türkiye duty is 19.5%, the US duty is 21.3%–29.8%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 20%, the Brazil duty is 9%, the Argentina duty is 9%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is 9%, the Taiwan duty is 20%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Norway duty is free and the North Macedonia duty is 20%.

Nigeria imported goods of subheading 0712.20 worth US$5m in 2024; the largest supplier was India.

Questions and answers

What is the Nigeria import duty for CET code 0712.20.00.00?

The import duty in the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) is 20%; the supplementary unit is KG. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.

Where does Nigeria import these goods from?

For subheading 0712.20 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was India (US$4m).

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