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Friday,
March 08, 2019 08:30 AM / FDC
Nigeria’s textile industry is highly import-dependent, with a smuggled
import bill of approximately $2-3bn. As part of the FGN’s import substitution
and diversification strategy, the CBN has included textiles and garments in its
forex restriction and prohibition list.
It is not clear, whether this protectionist move is to attract new
investments into the dormant textile milling industry or to help preserve
Nigeria’s external reserves which have wilted in recent times to $42.3bn.
The slides below summarize the events that took place in the domestic
and global commodity markets this week.
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7. Higher Demand
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9. FGN Announced
Plan to Prohibit the Importation of Tomato Paste into Nigeria
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boosting Financial Inclusion
12. Wheat Prices
Down By 0.15% Amid Signs of Weak Demand for US Wheat
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