Nigeria and a number of other African nations, including Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Mauritius, Ghana, Malawi, Lesotho, and Madagascar, have been subject to a new 15% import tax formally imposed by US President Donald Trump.
The White House revealed this development Thursday in an Executive Order titled “Further modifying the reciprocal tariff rates.”
The directive states: “These modifications shall be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m.”
Different tariff rates for other nations were also specified in the Executive Order. The rates were greater in South Africa, Libya, and Tunisia, with 25% in Tunisia and 30% in South Africa and Libya.
The United Kingdom (10%), India (25%), and Japan (15%) are among the other non-African countries impacted by the increased tariffs. This step comes after the U.S. revealed plans to impose additional import duties on a number of nations, including Nigeria, in an earlier Executive Order released on April 2, 2025.
Full list of nations impacted by Trump’s new 15% tariff:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, European Union (Goods with Column 1 Duty Rate > 15%), Malaysia, Mauritius, Moldova, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka.
