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Although since 1991 many items have been removed from the Import Prohibition List, prohibitions continue to distort trade patterns and stimulate smuggling activities, whilst depriving the Government of tariff revenue. Items removed from the Import Prohibition List included textiles and clothing, furniture, poultry, certain beverages and motor vehicles; other items have been added. The list currently includes maize, sorghum, millet, wheat flour, vegetable oils, bentonites, barytes, gypsum, kaolin, plastic articles, retreaded and used tyres, mosquito repellant coils and gaming machines. In addition, an Absolute Prohibition list covers weapons, certain spirits, obscene articles and second-hand clothing. According to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, imports of all types of meat are also banned for health reasons.
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