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Buying and Sourcing

What a Nigerian actually needs to know about buying and sourcing.

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Brightly coloured toys and baby items arranged on a shelf in a Nigerian shop, a parent browsing Guide Buying and Sourcing 5 min Toys and baby products from China: the rules and the risk Toys and baby products from China are a SONCAP category. What certification costs, what to check on samples, and why the cheapest supplier is wrong here. A storeroom of unsold stock in cartons gathering dust, or a trader looking at a full shelf Guide Buying and Sourcing 5 min What not to import from China, and why people keep trying What not to import from China: banned finished goods, saturated categories, branded anything, and the regulated goods that take six months to register. A Nigerian trader in a shop or warehouse holding a phone and a notebook, surrounded by mixed cartons of goods Guide Buying and Sourcing 5 min Best products to import from China to Nigeria, honestly The best products to import from China pass four filters: legal to import, certifiable, sellable at a Nigerian price, and small enough to survive a mistake. A tray of phone cases, cables and earbuds laid out on a counter in a Nigerian phone shop, with a price list Guide Buying and Sourcing 5 min Importing phone accessories from China to Nigeria A phone accessories import is the classic first order: light, in constant demand, cheap to test. The certificate, the battery problem, and the arithmetic. Boxed phones stacked on a counter in a Nigerian phone market with a scanner or phone in hand Guide Buying and Sourcing 5 min Importing phones to Nigeria: type approval and the IMEI rules Importing phones to Nigeria needs NCC type approval, and a device registration system is rolling out through 2026. What is settled and what is moving. Shelves of boxed car parts in a Nigerian spare parts market, a trader checking a part number against a phone Guide Buying and Sourcing 11 min Auto parts from China to Nigeria: demand, and the fake problem Auto parts from China feed one of Nigeria's biggest trades and its worst counterfeit problem. What needs SONCAP, the tyre ban, and buying the real thing.
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