Many
Nigerian manufacturers involved in export business are set to save freight
costs on failed transactions, on the back of upcoming infrastructure which will
enable them test the standards and quality of their products in the country
before export.
Up till
now many local manufacturers first export their products to destination markets
where they are tested and verified suitable or otherwise. Where they are
certified as not meeting the customers standards, the manufacturer incurs
losses on freight cost and sometimes also product cost.
With
the coming infrastructure for testing product quality however, local
manufacturers will be able to ascertain the quality of their products before
freighting, thereby making savings on freight and products which they can
divert to other markets, where possible.
The
move is expected to further push up non-oil exports, which totaled
