RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/LIC/N/2/NGA/1
25July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2960)
Original: English Committee onImport Licensing
AGREEMENT ONIMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5
NIGERIA
Thefollowingcommunication,dated17July1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofNigeria.
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Pursuant toArticle 5oftheWTO Agreement onImport Licensing Procedures, theFederal
Republic ofNigeria wishes tonotify theCommittee onImport Licensing Procedures thatNigeria has
abolished import licensing since 1986. Thisdecision ispursuant tothepolicy ofliberalization and
deregulation oftrade under theStructural Adjustment Programme which commenced in1986.