Import Permit Guidelines

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v. 
Letter from a bank attesting that the transaction was funded through the bank 
vi. Copies of all relevant invoices 
vii. Copy of Cargo Manifest 
viii. Copy of Ullage Report  
 
An importer shall pay a Vessel Notification processing fee of Two Hundred & Twenty Thousand 
Naira only (N220,000:00) to the Department of Petroleum Resources through the designated 
electronic payment system on the Petroleum Product Import Permit electronic portal of the 
Department. 
 
E)   CONDITIONS FOR CARGO DISCHARGE AT THE JETTIES 
 
A vessel laden with imported Petroleum Products shall only be allowed to discharge at the 
indicated jetty where: 
i. There is an evidence of import permit for the product. 
ii. The imported product has been fiscalised in the presence of a DPR official  
iii. A re-certification analysis of the product composite sample is conducted in the presence of a 
DPR official and the result certified on- spec. 
    A Vessel shall therefore not Discharge until the Laboratory Re-certification of a Product is 
conducted 
iv. Documents received from the vessel are not in conflict with those earlier uploaded by importer 
of the product 
 
A Certificate of Quantity will be issued by the DPR representative that witnessed the Discharge 
based on the shore tank receipts from the vessel. 
 
F)  PRODUCT CERTIFICATION FOR FOREX RETURNS 
 
For product certification to importers that utilized CBN funded FOREX, the following documents 
must be submitted on online for processing of product discharge certification letter to CBN. 
 
i. Copy of import permit used for the cargo 
ii. Bill of lading (Mother/Daughter Vessel) 
iii. Certificate of Quantity (Mother/Daughter Vessels) 
iv. Certificate of Quality 
v. Letter from financing bank (addressed to DPR) 
vi. Copy of Form M 
vii. Invoices (Proforma & Commercial)