MWB TRADING offers Nigerian buyers products from Tunisia for power networks, buildings and industry: power and building cables, distribution transformers and MV switchgear, LV boards and protection, LED lighting and industrial raw materials. Containers leave from Radès (Tunis) or Sfax.
Electrical products are regulated under SONCAP: they need a product certificate and, for each consignment, a SONCAP certificate. The importer also registers a Form M before the goods are shipped. This guide sets out these steps, the Lagos ports and the points to settle in your enquiry.
Sources: Standards Organisation of Nigeria, Bureau Veritas SONCAP datasheet (2024), bank guidance on Form M, Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Ministry of Finance prohibition list (April 2026). To be confirmed with your freight forwarder before each shipment.
These ranges from the MWB catalogue are available from Tunisia. For regulated products, say whether a SONCAP product certificate already exists; references, standards and quantities are confirmed in each offer.
Low and medium-voltage power cables, building wires and flexible cables. Electrical products fall under SONCAP: state the cross-sections, lengths and the standard required.
Electrical cables Power and control cables Building wires and cablesDistribution transformers, packaged substations and medium-voltage switchgear. State the rating, voltages and type of installation; test reports support the SONCAP certificate.
Transformers and network equipment MV/LV distribution transformers Prefabricated MV/LV substationsDistribution boards, circuit protection, earthing and lightning protection, which can be grouped with cables in one load.
Power contactors Earthing and bonding Surge and lightning protectionLED street lights and luminaires for roads, sites and buildings, with the technical data sheet of each model.
Lighting and luminaires Street lightingPolymers, calcium carbonate, paint raw materials and chemicals for manufacturers. SONCAP exempts raw-material chemicals for bona fide manufacturers: check with your freight forwarder how this applies to your product.
Polymers and plastics Calcium carbonate Raw materials for paints Industrial chemicalsContainers for Lagos are discharged at Apapa, Tin Can Island or the Lekki deep-sea port, which received its first commercial vessel in January 2023. They leave from Radès or Sfax; the route, with or without transhipment, and the port of discharge are confirmed in each offer.
The importer files an electronic Form M through an authorised dealer bank, with the proforma invoice, the insurance certificate and the SONCAP product certificate. The supplier ships only once Customs has registered the Form M. The commercial invoice, packing list and bill of lading complete the file.
Under SONCAP, regulated goods need a product certificate before the Form M, then a SONCAP certificate for each consignment, issued by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria on the basis of a certificate of conformity from an accredited firm. Destination inspection is not accepted for this certificate. Customs then issues a pre-arrival assessment report (PAAR), which sets the level of checks.
Products and references, the standard required for your project, quantities, whether a SONCAP product certificate already exists, the Lagos port you prefer and the final delivery city.
Availability, transport, lead times and documents are confirmed in each offer.
State your products, quantities, delivery city and preferred Lagos port. Nigeria is already selected; you can change it.
Chat on WhatsAppElectrical products such as cables, transformers, boards and luminaires are regulated under SONCAP. They need a product certificate before the Form M and a SONCAP certificate for each consignment. Food and medicines are exempt, as are raw-material chemicals for bona fide manufacturers.
A PC1, for an unregistered product, covers one shipment. Registered or licensed products, under a PC2 or PC3, have a certificate valid for one year.
Once Customs has registered the importer’s Form M. The Form M is filed through the importer’s bank with the proforma invoice, the insurance certificate and the SONCAP product certificate.
Apapa, Tin Can Island or Lekki, depending on the shipping line and your delivery city. State your preference: the port of discharge is confirmed in the offer.
Not bagged cement: it is on the revised import prohibition list for goods from outside ECOWAS, applied from April 2026. Check the current list with your freight forwarder before ordering any building material.
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