See the PAAR before customs writes it.
Nohena reads your documents, codes every line with the rule behind it, checks the value, gates the permits and costs it landed, before you lodge.
READING
Nohena recommends and flags. The licensed agent reviews, decides and lodges.
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What Nohena gives back
Your file, read the way customs reads it.
Every output carries its rationale, its citation and a confidence. Nothing below threshold is guessed: it goes to a person.
Every line gets the rule that backs it.
A ten-digit code for each line, grounded in the tariff and the notes, never from memory. You see the heading chosen, the General Rule of Interpretation applied, and the codes ruled out, with why.
- GRI and Section or Chapter notes cited on every line
- Alternatives ruled out, each with its reason
- Below the confidence threshold, a reviewer decides
The value checked before it is committed.
Transaction value plus the Article 8 additions customs will add if you do not: freight and insurance to the port, commissions, packing, royalties and assists. Then the declared unit value against a reference band, with low confidence where the data is thin.
- Insurance defaults to 1.5% of FOB plus freight without a Nigerian certificate
- Related-party transactions flagged for extra scrutiny
- No false certainty from sparse data
The real landed cost, from rates that are current.
Duty, the 7% surcharge, the 1% service charge on FOB, ETLS for non-ECOWAS origin, levies, hybrid excise and VAT, each with its source and effective date. VAT follows the line's status, so zero-rated and exempt goods carry none.
- Converted at the rate on your approved e-Form M
- Recomputed the moment an assessed value lands
Blocking permits, found before you ship.
Permits mapped by tariff code and origin across eight issuing agencies, plus the absolute prohibition and restriction lists. Prohibitions block. Conditional permits go to review. An attached certificate stays pending until it is verified.
- NAFDAC, SON and SONCAP, NAQS, NESREA, NMDPRA, NCC, ONSA end-user, NCS prohibitions
- Origin-conditional rules, not just the tariff code
Clearance lifecycle
Eight steps. The first five decide the other three.
Nohena works the pre-lodgement half of the file, with two checks before customs sees it. Your agent and the agencies own what happens after. Select a step to see what is decided there.
Proforma invoice
Codes and values read straight off the quote, before the order is committed. The cheapest place to fix a classification is here.
- A ten-digit code for every line, with the GRI and notes cited
- The unit value checked against a reference band
- The permits that code will need, named early
Form M
Raised with the code, value and permit set that will still hold when the PAAR desk reads it, not a version that has to be amended later.
Predict the PAAR
Before the value is committed, Nohena builds the customs value properly, names what is likely to be queried, and predicts the lane.
Manifest & B/L
Shipping documents matched line by line against the Form M. Quantity, description and consignee drift is what turns a clean file into a query.
- Quantities and descriptions matched across documents
- Freight on the bill of lading against the invoice
- A poor scan is flagged for you, never guessed
PAAR
The control point. Valuation is accepted or challenged here, and the lane your cargo travels is set. Everything upstream exists to survive this desk.
Customs sets the lane
Nohena does not set it. It predicts it at Checkpoint A, so the lane is not a surprise.
SGD prepared
The declaration assembled with a citation behind every field, ready for lodgement. Nohena prepares it. You lodge it.
Conform to what was assessed
- The issued PAAR reconciled line by line
- Landed cost recomputed on the assessed value
- The pack prepared for your agent to lodge
Duty & payment
Assessment paid through your bank. If Nohena’s landed-cost figure was right, this number is one you already budgeted for.
Owned by your agent and the agencies. Nohena’s part ended at step 05.
Inspection
Scanning or physical examination. A consistent file is what keeps this lane short and keeps the examining officer from opening a second question.
Owned by your agent and the agencies. Nohena’s part ended at step 05.
Cargo release
Release order and gate pass. Demurrage and storage stop accruing, which is the whole point of the seven steps before it.
Owned by your agent and the agencies. Nohena’s part ended at step 05.
Trust
A compliance product that is compliant itself.
Your files are commercially sensitive and your licence is on the line. Four rules we run on, each one you can check here.
Your team sees its own firm. No other firm's consignments exist in your view.
- YesModel provider Minimised, redacted fields, under no-training terms
- YesCBN exchange-rate feed Read only, for estimates before the e-Form M rate
- YesPayment provider Your credit purchases, nothing else
- NeverB'Odogwu or NICIS II No login, no bot, no extension
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Scope
What Nohena does, and where it stops.
Before you lodge, Nohena
- Reads the invoice, packing list, bill of lading and Form M you already have, with each field's source page and a confidence.
- Recommends a ten-digit code for every line, citing the GRI and the notes it relied on.
- Checks the declared value against a reference band and flags missing Article 8 additions.
- Builds the landed cost from effective-dated rates at your e-Form M exchange rate.
- Gates permits by code and origin, and records every output and human decision in the audit trail.
The boundary
- It does not lodge. The licensed agent lodges on B'Odogwu.
- It does not decide. Every code, value flag and origin finding is a recommendation you accept or correct.
- It does not take on your liability. The importer and the lodging agent stay responsible for classification and customs value.
- It does not move cargo or handle duty payments.
Questions
The ones that decide it.
Does Nohena lodge my declaration?
No. Nohena prepares the declaration and the document pack. Your licensed agent lodges on B'Odogwu exactly as today; nothing in Nohena drives a customs system.
Is this a way around customs scrutiny?
No. It is the opposite. Nohena shows you where your declaration is likely to be queried so you can correct or substantiate it before you lodge. A correct, defensible declaration is faster for you and right for revenue.
Which countries does it cover?
Nigerian import clearance today. Nohena is built for African trade and designed to expand across ECOWAS and AfCFTA.
What do I have to integrate?
Nothing. Upload the documents you already have: the commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading and Form M.
Who is liable if a code is wrong?
The importer and the lodging agent remain responsible for classification and customs value. Nohena is decision support with a defensible audit trail: every recommendation carries its rule, its citation and its confidence.
What does it cost?
You pay in credits, and every step is quoted before it runs, so you see the cost of a check before Nohena does it. The walkthrough covers the plans.
Lodge knowing what customs will see.
Twenty minutes, one of your own consignments, and a straight answer.