Welcome to NANTS official website. We hope you find our resources useful as we are committed to engaging the trade processes within the Nigerian and International economic space with the goal of facilitating Economic Justice, wealth creation and sustainable development. We remain focused on giving voice to the poor for achieving the development of the real sector and encouraging a paticipatory process in the development of pro-poor policies for an effective market economy.

EU's Rejection of Nigeria's GSP+ Application: NANTS' Perception

With the rejection of Nigeria's application of for the GSP+ status as a trading arrangement with the EU, an emerging trend in coercion to submission is becoming obvious as the only ground for rejection of Nieria's application is non ratification of one convention on Genocide.....Read more

West Africa finally Adopts a 5th Tariff Band on the CET

The just concluded meeting of the West African Ministers of Trade and Finance (Ministerial Monitoring Committee – MMC) held in Banjul – The Gambia, has finally resolved that the 5th tariff band request made by Nigeria on the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) is after all a great vision for the countries in West Africa. Rising from their meeting, the Ministers adopted a highest tariff of 35% which is a step farther away from the UEMOA four bands of 0%, 5%, 10%, and 20%........Read more