Customs partners EU to monitor export, facilitate trade

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has said it collaborating with the Directorate-General, Taxation and Customs Union, DG TAXUD, of the European Union, EU, to enhance trade, monitor export and documentations in Nigeria.
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, made this revelation after a meeting with the DG TAXUD on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to him, the partnership was apt, considering that the NCS was seeking a credible digital platform that would enhance its validation of documents.
He expressed confidence that the initiative would open a new frontier of opportunities between the two economic blocs of registered exporters.
He emphasized the need for a framework between customs and DG TAXUD that could be used to verify and validate export commodities.