Nigeria: 20,000 freight forwarders may lose jobs over auto policy

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By Alex Lennane

27/01/2014

There’s a lot of noise coming from Nigerian forwarders – and presumably car salesmen. A new law, to be introduced in February, will see a 150% tariff rise on automotive imports. As a result, a forwarder association has claimed that not only will there be significant job losses, but it will mean a boost for neighbouring ports… and smugglers.

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steven ingels
January 27, 2014 at 2:36 pm
Benin will have more car dealerships in the near future

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