Questions, answered.

Tell us what you want (a car, gadgets to resell, a machine for your business, a container of stock) on WhatsApp. We find the actual factory or seller, confirm it’s real, inspect your order in China, and give you the full quote before you commit. You don’t need to speak Mandarin, hold Chinese currency, or know anyone in China. That’s our side of it.

Chatting with us is free. Real sourcing (contacting suppliers, confirming stock, getting exact prices) starts after a small refundable deposit. It’s returned when you place your order. We ask for it because sourcing takes real hours, and it filters out price-window-shopping. The current amount is confirmed on WhatsApp before you pay anything.

No. Most people who come to us don’t. Tell us what you’re after and we’ll find and confirm the source ourselves. If you already have a supplier or a specific listing in mind, send it; we’ll verify it before you pay for your goods.

You can, if you’re willing to handle sourcing, Mandarin negotiation, Chinese payment, freight booking, and Nigerian customs yourself. Most first-time (and plenty of experienced) importers use an agent because any one of those steps can go wrong quietly: a wrong HS code (the customs code that sets your duty rate), an unverified supplier, a Form M (import paperwork opened through your bank) filed late. We handle all of it as one team.

It depends on what you’re importing, how much, and how it ships, so we don’t post a fixed price list. What we promise is the full, all-in number before you commit: goods, shipping, customs duty, clearing, and delivery. For cars, one honest exception: customs clearing is quoted as a range, because customs sets it when the car lands.

Honest answer: ₦50,000 on its own is usually too tight. Your total budget has to cover the refundable sourcing deposit (it comes back when you place your order), plus the goods, the shipping, and customs. As a rough guide (not a quote), small first orders start making real sense from around ₦150,000 total. Message us with your actual budget and what you want to bring in, and we’ll tell you straight whether it’s worth doing. We’d rather say “not yet” than walk you into a bad order.

Yes. Customs duty is set by the Nigerian government, not by us, so it applies either way. For the kinds of goods we usually handle (gadgets, stock, machinery), duty typically runs 5–20%, depending on the product category. It’s charged on the customs value: the goods plus freight and insurance, not just the item’s price. On top of duty there’s 7.5% VAT, plus a few small levies (a levy is just an extra government charge with its own name). Exactly which levies apply depends on the current customs rules. A few categories (vehicles, alcohol, tobacco, some foods and textiles) carry much higher rates. We work out your item’s actual charges and build them into your quote, so nothing surprises you at the port.

Because the honest number depends on the specific product, quantity, HS-code category, and shipping method; a flat price list would either be wrong or padded to cover the worst case. We’d rather work out your real number and show it to you than guess in public.

No, and here’s exactly what “no” means. For general goods, your quote bundles the goods, shipping, and clearing into one number, and that’s what you pay. For cars, the vehicle, shipping, and delivery are firm upfront; customs clearing is the one line we quote as an estimate range, because customs sets the final assessment when the car lands. Either way, you will never meet a fee we didn’t tell you about first.

By sea, plan for 45–60 days door to door. The ocean crossing itself from southern China can run 30–40 days on a good sailing, but loading, the queue at Lagos ports, and customs clearing add real time, so we quote the honest end-to-end number, not the brochure number. By air, most shipments take 5–10 days. Anything with a battery ships on a slower battery-safe service, usually 14–21 days. We’ll tell you the real timeline for your specific order.

For light, valuable, or time-sensitive shipments, use air. For heavy, bulky, or cost-sensitive shipments, use sea. We’ll recommend the one that fits your goods and your budget, not just the one that’s easier for us.

Yes. You pay us in naira; we handle the payment to the supplier in China. You never need to handle Chinese currency, or face exchange-rate friction; that’s on us.

We handle it end to end: sourcing, inspection, shipping, and customs clearing through to delivery. You deal with one team, from the factory to your door.

Yes. We’re based in Abuja and deliver nationwide.

The price on the car is never the whole number. Customs charges stack on top, and customs works them out on the car’s customs value (roughly the car’s price plus insurance and freight), which often comes in higher than what you actually paid.

Here is the stack, one charge at a time. One more term: a levy is just an extra government charge with its own name.

• Import duty (20%): the government’s tax for bringing the car in, charged on the customs value. The biggest single charge.
• NAC levy (5%): a government vehicle levy, also on the customs value.
• ECOWAS levy (0.5%): a small West African regional levy, also on the customs value.
• Surcharge (7% of the duty): about 1.4% of the car’s value, because it’s 7% of the duty amount, not 7% of the car.
• Inspection levy (CISS, about 1%): charged on the car’s price before freight.
• Green surcharge: petrol and diesel engines of 2.0L and up pay this: 2% for 2.0–3.9L, 4% for 4.0L and above.
• VAT (7.5%): charged last, on the running total: the customs value plus all the charges above, not on the car alone.

An illustration, not a quote: take a used car that customs values at $4,500. At roughly ₦1,375 to the dollar, the customs charges alone (duty, levies, surcharge, and VAT) come to about ₦2.3M, on top of the car and the shipping. Two things move this number: the exchange rate on the day, and customs’ own valuation, which often lands well above what you actually paid for the car.

What’s firm, and what isn’t: before you commit, we quote the vehicle, shipping, and delivery as one firm number. Customs clearing is the one line we quote as an estimate range: customs sets the assessment when the car lands, and we walk you through the final figures at arrival.

Nigeria cut the import duty on electric cars to 0% in April 2026, with a VAT exemption too. EVs also skip the green surcharge that big petrol engines pay, though they follow the same age rules as any other used car. The honest caveat: a relief announced on paper and a relief honored at the port are not automatically the same thing. The tariff book doesn’t yet spell out EV codes clearly, eligibility can come with paperwork conditions, and getting the 0% comes down to the clearing agent classifying the car correctly. Rules like this also change, so we don’t ask you to budget on the relief sight unseen: before you commit, we confirm the current position, and the paperwork, for your specific car.

Sourcing and inspection in China happen first, then shipping (plan for 45–60 days by sea), then Nigerian customs clearing. We’ll give you a real timeline once we know the specific vehicle and shipping route.

We verify the supplier and inspect the actual units in China before you pay for them: you see photos and video of your real order, not a stock photo. Everything is checked before it ships.

Yes. Gadgets and electronics are one of our main categories. Tell us the specific model and quantity and we’ll source and confirm it.

Yes: one machine for a workshop, a specific piece of equipment, or a full container of stock. We handle single-item business buyers the same way we handle bulk importers: we source the item, confirm and inspect it in China, and ship it.

Two documents matter for commercial imports, and they split cleanly between you and us.

Form M is an electronic import declaration the Central Bank requires for commercial imports. It’s opened through your own bank, on your business account, before the goods ship. Because it’s tied to your account, only you can open it. No agent can do it for you. We tell you exactly what your bank will ask for and walk you through it.

SONCAP is a product-standards certificate from SON (Nigeria’s standards agency) that most regulated goods need: electronics, gadgets, general merchandise. It has to be arranged in China before the goods ship; it can’t be issued after they leave. We coordinate it with the factory and the inspection body on the ground, and the certificate carries your details as the importer.

Short version: you open the Form M at your bank, with our guidance. We arrange SONCAP in China and handle the clearing.

It’s real. We’re registered in Nigeria as RC 9204391, with an address in Wuse 2, Abuja you can visit. We also run our own company in Guangzhou, China: Guangzhou Nazido Trading Co. Both are checkable. And you don’t pay for your goods until our person in China has confirmed your supplier and inspected your actual order.

That’s exactly what we check before you pay for your goods. Because we have a person on the ground in China, we verify the actual manufacturer or seller, not a listing or a screenshot. If it can’t be verified, we don’t proceed with your order.

Yes. We send you photos and video of your actual order from China before you pay for your goods. (Sourcing itself starts with a small refundable deposit, returned when you place your order.)