Nigeria Scraps Plans for Fuel Import Duty in Blow to Local Refiners
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AI-PoweredNigeria has scrapped plans to impose a 15% duty on imported refined petroleum products, which may negatively impact local refiners, including billionaire Aliko Dangote's refinery, by reducing their competitiveness in the market.
Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 77% confidence.
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Nigeria is abandoning plans to impose a 15% duty on imported refined petroleum products, which is a blow to its new private domestic refinery of billionaire Aliko Dangote. “The implementation of the 15 per cent ad-valorem import duty on imported Premium Motor Spirit and Diesel is no longer in view,” the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said on Thursday in a statement advising against “panic buying of any petroleum product.” There is an adequate supply of petroleum products…
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