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Can I send food to Nigeria?

Conditions apply

Yes, with conditions.

Leave out meat, eggs, cooking oil, tomato paste, cocoa, flavored sugar, and sweetened drinks (trade ban list). Other sealed, labeled foods may be checked by NAFDAC or NAQS.

For every Onvoyo box: Only sealed, shop-bought, shelf-stable food. Express couriers don't carry perishable food: nothing fresh, frozen, meat, dairy or produce.

More rules for Nigeria

Allowed with conditions

Foods on the trade ban list: Poultry, pork, beef, bird eggs, refined vegetable oil, canned tomatoes and tomato paste, cocoa butter and cocoa powder, flavored or colored sugar in retail packs, and sweetened or flavored drinks and water are on the import prohibition list (trade). The list doesn't address small personal amounts, so leave them out.

Quantity limits

Food exports for personal use: NAFDAC export approval covers up to 30 kg in total of regulated food products.

Before you ship to Nigeria

Tax-free limit: Nigeria's customs rules set no general duty-free value for courier shipments, so any box can be assessed for duty and VAT. The NGN 50,000 (about USD 37) allowance for unused personal effects and gifts is for travelers' baggage only, and it excludes jewelry, cameras, electronics, and other luxury goods.
Receiver ID: NIN (National Identification Number) needed. Nigeria Customs identifies individual importers by their 11-digit NIN on its e-commerce declaration system; companies use a TIN. Give the courier the receiver's NIN before you ship. If the receiver is a foreigner without a NIN, ask the courier what ID it will accept, such as a passport.
Transit: 3-6 business days from North America or Europe; 4-8 from Asia