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# Intelligence: Beauty & Cosmetics Import in Nigeria

## Industry Context

- **Payment pressure:** Regulatory compliance (UK Cosmetics Regulation); Shelf life and expiry management

- **Operational control:** Fast KRW payments for K-beauty; 0.5% spread on EUR luxury brands

## Country Context

- **Use case:** Pay Nigerian suppliers for oil & gas services, agricultural products, manufacturing

- **Settlement:** T+0 (2.3s avg within Unicorn network)

- **Banking:** **NUBAN** (10-digit Nigerian Uniform Bank Account Number)

- **Regulatory:** Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) foreign exchange regulations; Form M (Import documentation) required for imports

## Key Industries in Country

- Oil & Gas

- Agriculture

- Manufacturing

- Construction

- Telecommunications