ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) · CET code · HS 9401.91
9401.91.90.00: Other
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria), in force from 7 September 2023 · checked on 24 October 2026
What you pay
Importing into Nigeria
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
9401.91 Seats (other than those of heading 9402), whether: parts, of wood
Nigeria lines: 9401.91
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.
- N343523 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of seat components from China.
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) pneumatic or water mattresses, pillows or cushions, of Chapter 39, 40 or 63;
(b) mirrors designed for placing on the floor or ground (for example, cheval-glasses (swing-mirrors)) of heading 7009;
(c) articles of Chapter 71;
(d) parts of general use as defined in note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39), or safes of heading 8303;
(e) furniture specially designed as parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment of heading 8418; furniture specially designed for sewing machines (heading 8452);
(f) lamps or light sources and parts thereof of Chapter 85;
(g) furniture specially designed as parts of apparatus of heading 8518 (heading 8518), of heading 8519 or 8521 (heading 8522) or of headings 8525 to 8528 (heading 8529);
(h) articles of heading 8714;
(ij) dentists' chairs incorporating dental appliances of heading 9018 or dentists' spittoons (heading 9018);
(k) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);
(l) toy furniture or toy luminaires and lighting fittings (heading 9503), billiard tables or other furniture specially constructed for games (heading 9504), furniture for conjuring tricks or decorations (other than lighting strings) such as Chinese lanterns (heading 9505); or
(m) monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 9620).
2. The articles (other than parts) referred to in headings 9401 to 9403 are to be classified in those headings only if they are designed for placing on the floor or ground.
The following are, however, to be classified in the headings mentioned above, even if they are designed to be hung, to be fixed to the wall or to stand one on the other:
(a) cupboards, bookcases, other shelved furniture (including single shelves presented with supports for fixing them to the wall) and unit furniture;
(b) seats and beds.
3.
(A) In headings 9401 to 9403 references to parts of goods do not include references to sheets or slabs (whether or not cut to shape but not combined with other parts) of glass (including mirrors), marble or other stone or of any other material referred to in Chapter 68 or 69.
(B) Goods described in heading 9404, presented separately, are not to be classified in heading 9401, 9402 or 9403 as parts of goods.
4. For the purposes of heading 9406, the expression ‘prefabricated buildings’ means buildings which are finished in the factory or put up as elements, presented together, to be assembled on site, such as housing or worksite accommodation, offices, schools, shops, sheds, garages or similar buildings.
Prefabricated buildings include ‘modular building units’ of steel, normally presented in the size and shape of a standard shipping container, but substantially or completely pre-fitted internally. Such modular building units are normally designed to be assembled together to form permanent buildings.
Code history
Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 9401.90.
CET code 9401.91.90.00 is a line of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) under HS subheading 9401.91 (seats (other than those of heading 9402), whether: parts, of wood).
The import duty is 10%, and quantities are declared in KG.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 0%–2%, the EU duty is 1.7%–2.7%, the Türkiye duty is 1.7%–2.7%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 25%, the Brazil duty is 16.2%, the Argentina duty is 18%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free and the North Macedonia duty is 0%–10%.
Nigeria imported goods of subheading 9401.91 worth US$3m in 2024; the largest supplier was China.
Questions and answers
What is the Nigeria import duty for CET code 9401.91.90.00?
The import duty in the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) is 10%; 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 9401.91 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was China (US$2m).