Landed: Import from China to Nigeria Without Losing Money, the 2026 Guide to Costs, Duties and Payments (PDF)

Landed is a practical, plain-language guide for shop owners, online sellers and first-time importers who want to buy from China and sell in Nigeria without nasty surprises.

Most first imports lose money because the goods are priced on the supplier's price alone. Then freight, clearing, duty, VAT and levies, a payment agent's margin, a weaker naira and breakage arrive. This guide is built around one habit: work out the full landed cost of an item, per item, before you pay.

What is inside
- The six leaks that sink first-time importers, and the order of work that avoids them
- Can you legally import it? The FCCPC import prohibition list with its exact exceptions, plus SONCAP, NAFDAC and finding the HS code and duty rate
- Set-up before your first order: the three ways to import (express courier, consolidator, formal Form M with a clearing agent), Tax ID, bank, PAAR and the National Single Window
- Landed cost step by step with a whole shipment worked out in naira: CIF, duty, 7% surcharge, ETLS, VAT, clearing, payment agent margin and loss allowance, under three customs scenarios because the 4% FOB charge is unsettled in 2026
- What moves the answer most: the duty band and a 10% weaker naira
- Paying your supplier safely: bank transfer, payment agents, fintech apps, Alibaba Trade Assurance, crypto, the new CBN 30% advance-payment limit, a payment schedule that protects you and ten questions that expose a bad supplier
- Shipping, clearing and arrival: indicative 2026 air and sea rates, documents, the storage clock and an arrival checklist
- Price it, test it, scale it: markup versus margin, the test-order rule and working capital
- Track your imports in Fovend (fovend.com): purchasing, stock, supplier balances and margin
- Ten costly mistakes and the questions people ask
- 10 printable A4 sheets: Landed Cost Calculator, Product Screening, Supplier Vetting, Forwarder Quote Comparison, Payment and Shipment Tracker, Import Document Checklist, Pricing Sheet, Test Order Plan and Results, Arrival and Inspection, and a Fovend Import Setup Checklist

Details
- Digital download: PDF, 30 pages, A4. Print it at home or at any business centre.
- Instant access after payment, from your account under Digital purchases.
- 2026 edition, prepared in September 2026. Rates checked 25 September 2026.

Important
This guide is general education, not legal, customs, tax or financial advice, and it is not issued or endorsed by any government body. Duties, levies, banned-goods lists and foreign-exchange rules change and some are unsettled in 2026, so the guide shows scenarios and tells you what to confirm with the Nigeria Customs Service, your bank or a licensed clearing agent. Freight prices are examples from freight companies' published pages, not quotes.