Import rules · updated 10 October 2026
Importing Brazilian sugar into Togo: duty, permits and documents.
Togo took 316,712 tonnes of Brazil’s white sugar in 2025, its third-largest destination. We found no sugar-specific licence or quota, so imports are open under normal clearance. The customs duty on white sugar was 20% in the latest tariff data (2023), plus 1% statistical charge, the 0.5% ECOWAS levy and the 0.8% UEMOA solidarity levy. VAT is 18%: the reduced 10% rate for sugar was abolished in 2019. Lomé, Togo’s only deep-water port, is the entry point.
Brazil’s sugar trade with Togo
Brazil exported 316,712 tonnes of white sugar (NCM 1701.99) to Togo in 2025, worth 137.2 million US dollars FOB.
Importing into Togo? Send your grade, quantity and discharge port. You pay the supplier directly, never me.
Send a requirement →Duty and taxes
| Charge | Rate | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| Customs duty | 20% | WITS, 2023 |
| Statistical charge | 1% | WTO Trade Policy Review, 2017 |
| ECOWAS community levy | 0.5% | WTO Trade Policy Review, 2017 |
| UEMOA solidarity levy (PCS) | 0.8% | UEMOA, 2018 |
| VAT | 18% single rate; the 10% reduced rate was abolished on 1 January 2019 | OTR Circular 003/2019, 14 Jan 2019; Tax Code art. 195, 2025 update |
Clearance and inspection
In 2016 Togo ran destination inspection: importers filed an import intention with the inspection company before arrival, and clearance needed a verification certificate and an electronic cargo tracking note (BESC). In 2017 the programme was run by COTECNA, paid for by a 0.75% levy on CIF value, and importers also paid an infrastructure tax of 2,000 FCFA per tonne (WTO, 2017). We could not confirm who runs inspection in 2026; ask the Office Togolais des Recettes.
What to confirm before you order
- The current duty and levies on sugar, with the Office Togolais des Recettes.
- The current destination-inspection operator and the BESC.
- Labelling and standards. We found no official statement for sugar.
Rules on this page were checked against the sources below on 10 October 2026. Duties, levies and permits change, sometimes by decree. Confirm every figure with Togo’s customs authority before you order. See all countries.
Know your permits and your port? That is everything I need to request a current supplier response.
Send a requirement →Sources
- ComexStat (MDIC), Brazilian exports by NCM 1701.99.00 and 1701.14.00, January–December 2025, via api-comexstat.mdic.gov.br, retrieved 29 Sep 2026
- World Bank WITS / UNCTAD TRAINS, MFN tariff for HS 170199, Togo, 2023
- WTO, Trade Policy Review: WAEMU, WT/TPR/S/362, 2017, Annex on Togo: https://www.wto.org/french/tratop_f/tpr_f/s362-08_f.pdf
- UEMOA, PCS rate, 30 Jul 2018: https://www.uemoa.int/
- Office Togolais des Recettes, Circular 003/2019/OTR/CI on the single 18% VAT rate, 14 Jan 2019, and Tax Code, 2025 update: https://www.otr.tg/
Checked on 10 October 2026. Rules and web pages change; check the source before you rely on a detail.