The Centre
for Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI), is collaborating with
Nigerian Export Promotion Council
(NEPC), in building capacity of exporters to further boost the contribution
of non-oil exports to the Nigerian economy. According to the Executive
Director/Chief Executive Officer of NEPC, Olusegun
Awolowo, while speaking at a two-day National Strategic Conference on SME
Export Development in Abuja, recently, the collaboration aims at providing
technical support to develop Nigeria’s capacity to export products to the
European Union market.
Awolowo
said: “Nigeria and the Netherlands have been trading
partners for decades even as the European Union has consistently been Nigeria’s
largest trading partner. To rescue the economy therefore, the NEPC has
developed the Zero –Oil Plan, which identifies 11 priority product sectors, out
of which CBI is focusing on three (3) for this programme, namely –Cocoa,
Cashew and Sesame.” He acknowledged the impact and contributions of CBI
to economies of developing countries.
It is glaring that many exporters have been
defrauded in the process of exporting goods to other countries owing to the
fact that they do not have adequate training on export operations, export
management, export documentations and methods of payment is export business. The
link below is a compilation on all the steps exporters should follow from the
point of packaging the goods they intend to export to the point of payment. To
read it, click:
The products
selection is based on the Export Potential Indicator of the International Trade
Center (ITC) to know where demand is at present in the EU as well as the unused
potential of Nigeria.
The Senior
Programme Manager East and Southern Africa CBI and leader of the team, Patrick Gouka said: “The Export Coaching Programme is intended to bring about
economic empowerment of Nigerians through capacity building that would enhance
productivity in the export sector.”
Emphasis of
the programme will be on value-addition, quality, packaging and increased
production for the chosen commodities in order to gain premium pricing at the
international market.
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