Post by Trade facilitator on Nov 17, 2013 15:13:33 GMT 1
Nigerian Consul-General to Atlanta, U.S., Mr Geoffery Teneilabe, on Thursday said that Nigeria had not benefited enough from the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) programme.
Teneilabe stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that contrary to the spirit of the programme, the U.S. Government had not been encouraging import of non-oil commodities from Nigeria.
NAN recalls that AGOA was enacted to encourage countries in assist sub-Saharan Africa to export garments and other non-oil products to the U.S.
Teneilabe said that the AGOA would be extended in 2015, but expressed regret that Nigeria had not enjoyed its benefits like other African countries.
According to him, Ghana, Mauritania and Gambia have immensely enjoyed the liberalised tariffs and duties on their exports to the U.S.
"The only export product from Nigeria that the U.S has largely encouraged is crude oil. "This is not in line with the advocacy of the Nigerian Government to focus on the non-oil sector, especially agriculture.
"Nigerian exporters currently transport their goods to neighbouring countries in order to transmit them to the U.S. because restrictions are less strict in those countries".
Source: allafrica.com/stories/201311150090.html
Teneilabe stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that contrary to the spirit of the programme, the U.S. Government had not been encouraging import of non-oil commodities from Nigeria.
NAN recalls that AGOA was enacted to encourage countries in assist sub-Saharan Africa to export garments and other non-oil products to the U.S.
Teneilabe said that the AGOA would be extended in 2015, but expressed regret that Nigeria had not enjoyed its benefits like other African countries.
According to him, Ghana, Mauritania and Gambia have immensely enjoyed the liberalised tariffs and duties on their exports to the U.S.
"The only export product from Nigeria that the U.S has largely encouraged is crude oil. "This is not in line with the advocacy of the Nigerian Government to focus on the non-oil sector, especially agriculture.
"Nigerian exporters currently transport their goods to neighbouring countries in order to transmit them to the U.S. because restrictions are less strict in those countries".
Source: allafrica.com/stories/201311150090.html
