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Just in: CBN raises Customs duty rate to N1,605.82 per dollar

CBN raises Customs duty rate to N1,605.82 per dollar
CBN raises Customs duty rate to N1,605.82 per dollar (Photo: Azeeza Nigeria)

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) raised the Customs Exchange rate to N1605.82 per dollar for the umpteenth time last week, less than five days after it had just slightly decreased it from N1515.48 to N1472.756.

The rate has further dashed the hopes of the dejected customs brokers and their importers that the Apex bank has finally loosened its foot on the pedal. The rate was already reflected on the Customs portal today, February 21, 2024.

Recall that last Friday, February 16th, 2024, the CBN reduced the rate to N1,472.756 per dollar 24 hours after it raised it to N1,515.48.

Also recall that the reduction last week was in response to the appeal made by the members of the House of Representatives who frowned at the frivolous manner in which the apex bank has been jerking up the customs duty exchange rate.

The recent increase, which the stakeholders said will not be the last, has set tongues wagging about whether the CBN is sensitive to the pains, hunger and general sufferings in the country.

Customs brokers have lamented that the incessant increases have impacted negatively on their businesses as well as trade volume, as importers have abandoned their goods at the ports while others have diverted their cargoes to the ports of neighboring countries.

Recall that the CBN has increased the customs duty exchange rate more than five times in one month this year.

Techrectory with Agency Report

See also CBN sacks boards of Union, Keystone, Polaris, Titan banks

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