Regulatory Alerts2007-08-30 | TED-FEM-FPC-GEN-01-107-07The Draft Framework for Consolidated Supervision of Banks in Nigeria
The Central Bank of Nigeria has requested all authorized dealers to submit a list of uncollected Risk Assessment Reports (RARs) by importers by September 10, 2007. This is due to instances of non-collection by some importers, leading to revenue loss for the government as inspection fees are not paid when these documents are not collected. Failing to meet this deadline may result in appropriate sanctions.
Central Bank of Nigeria Central Business District P.M.B. 0187 Garki, Abuja Tel: 09 616 37 804 Fax: 09 616 37 802 E-mail address:ted@cenbank.org Our Ref: TED/FEM/FPC/GEN/01/104 August 29, 2007 To: ALL AUTHORISED DEALERS SUBMISSION OF THE LIST OF UNCOLLECTED RISK ASSESSMENT REPORTS (RARs) BY IMPORTERS This is to notify all Authorized Dealers that the attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria has been drawn to incidences of non-collection of the original Risk Assessment Reports (RARs) by some importers from their bankers.
It is pertinent to state that the Federal Government has an obligation to pay a given percentage of the FOB value of every import transaction as inspection fee to the relevant Destination Inspection Agents. Consequently, the non-payment of import duty arising from non-collection of the documents by the importers is resulting in loss of revenue to the Government. In view of the foregoing, Authorized Dealers are hereby requested to forward the list of RARs which are yet to be collected by their customers as at June 29, 2007 in soft copy as specified in the attached Excel format. The list should reach the Director, Trade & Exchange Department, CBN, Abuja on or before Monday September 10, 2007. For the avoidance of doubt, failure to meet the deadline shall attract appropriate sanction. O. O. AKANJI (MRS) DIRECTOR TRADE & EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT