Envoy Warns Africans Against Exporting Fake Product

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The African business community in Yiwu, Zhejiang province of China have been advised to avoid collaborating with evil persons in exporting fake, expired and sub-standard goods from China to Africa.

A statement by the Consul General Nigeria Consulate office in Shanghai, Ambassador Chimezie Okeoma Ogu, says such acts contribute to the destruction of African markets, jeopardises the life and health of African people.

Ambassador Ogu encouraged the African community in Yiwu to adopt the best practices and experiences in their host city in China while ensuring that quality and best products are exported to their African countries, to contribute to their respective economy development.

The envoy called on the government of the People’s Republic of China to reconsider the high tariff imposed on agricultural export products to China.

He made this call during the global digital expo conference in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang province while responding to the question on the inability of Nigeria to export and trade agricultural produce from Nigeria to China.

He said Nigeria was disadvantaged because the Chinese authority classified Nigeria as a developed economy and as such imposed more than two-digit taxation on goods and products from the country.

He canvassed that this regime of tariff should be revisited by the Chinese central government in Beijing to allow Nigerian businessmen and their Chinese partners to participate in the new Chinese global digital economic promotion.

Writing by Hamza Alkali; Editing by Julian Osamoto

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