Shipping a car or automobile to Lagos, or any port in Nigeria can be a complicated process. Its important to get all of your paperwork done properly. A Clean Report of Inspection (CRI) is required to import goods into Nigeria. In order to be issued a CRI, you must start by filling out a Form M from any Nigerian bank. The process to import a car or automobile into Lagos, or any port in Nigeria is as follows:

 

1. Complete form M, filled out at any Nigerian Bank
2. An inspecting agent will be assigned to the exporting country
3. The inspecting agent will assign a date to inspect the car shipment in the exporting country.
4. After the inspection of the shipment is completed, a CRI is issued. The CRI will list all items to be shipped and the fees/duties to be paid in Nigeria.
6. The inspecting agents in the exporting country then sends the report to customs in Nigeria as well as the bank where the form M was completed.
7. The bank informs the importer they can go ahead with importing the car or automobile.