The Federal Government has updated its import prohibition list, targeting poultry products, cement, soaps, fertiliser, and 14 other categories of goods, bringing the total number of affected categories to 17.

This was disclosed in a circular issued by the Federal Ministry of Finance and signed by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, following presidential approval of the 2026 fiscal policy measures.

The ministry explained that the import prohibition list applies to goods originating from non-ECOWAS countries and forms part of broader trade protection measures. “The approved SPM, in line with the provision of the ECOWAS CET, comprises…

Import Prohibition list (Trade), applicable only to certain goods originating from non-ECOWAS Member States. It consists of 17 items,” the circular stated.

Details from Annex III showed that the prohibited categories include live or dead birds, including frozen poultry; pork, beef and other meat products such as carcasses, cuts, offal, tongues and livers; bird eggs, excluding those for breeding and research.

Others are: refined vegetable oils, excluding specific categories like linseed, castor and olive oil, cane or beet sugar in retail packs, cocoa butter, cocoa powder and related cocoa preparations.

Also included are: tomatoes, whether fresh, in pieces or processed into paste and concentrates; waters, including mineral and aerated drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages containing sweetening matter, bagged cement, medicaments across multiple classifications waste pharmaceuticals, mineral and chemical fertilisers containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, soaps, detergents, corrugated paper and paperboard and cartons.