Your shipment gets rejected at UK/US ports. Not because your yams, palm oil, or dried beans are bad—but because you missed mandatory paperwork. Nigerian food exporters lose millions annually to compliance failures. Required: CAC registration, NEPC license, e-NXP approval, quality certificates (NAFDAC for processed foods, NAQS for raw products), FDA registration + US agent + Prior Notice (US exports), phytosanitary + IPAFFS notification (UK exports). Miss one checkpoint = entire shipment rejected.