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SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1976
NO BAN ON GARMENTS TO NIGERIA
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WORD HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION IN LAGOS THAT GARMENTS MAY CONTINUE TO BE IMPORTED INTO NIGERIA, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
HE ADDED THAT CONFIRMATION TO THIS EFFECT HAD ALSO BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE NIGERIAN COMMISSION IN HONG KONG.
HE WAS REFERRING TO RECENT PRESS REPORTS ON THE CONFUSION AMONG EXPORTERS ON WHETHER THERE IS A BAN ON IMPORTS OF GARMENTS INTO NIGERIA.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A CIRCULAR ON MAY 5 STATING THAT THE NIGERIAN COMMISSION IN HONG KONG HAD INFORMED THE DEPARTMENT THAT IMPORTS OF GARMENTS WERE BANNED,
THE CIRCULAR WAS BASED ON A LETTER DATED APRIL 27 FROM THE NIGERIAN COMMISSION IN HONG KONG TO THE DEPARTMENT WHICH STATED THAT +GARMENTS, PIECE GOODS AND OTHER TEXILES MATERIALS ARE BANNED.+
FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF THE CIRCULAR, THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED REPORTS FROM THE INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND FROM SEVERAL EXPORTERS THAT GARMENTS COULD STILL BE IMPORTED INTO NIGERIA.
THE DEPARTMENT THEREFORE REQUESTED THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION IN LAGOS TO SEEK CLARIFICATION ON THE MATTER. THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION REPLIED YESTERDAY SAYING THAT ITS UNDERSTANDING IS THAT GARMENTS CAN STILL BE IMPORTED INTO NIGERIA.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOW OBTAINED CONFIRMATION FROM THE NIGERIAN COMMISSIONER, MR. M. ABUBAKAR, THAT THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION'S UNDERSTANDING IS. CORRECT AND THAT +WEARING APPAREL MAY STILL BE IMPORTED.+
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