Land Border Crossing Overview: 

Iloua is one of the Benin-Nigeria new border zone, localised in Northern East of Benin, the crossing point is under the department of Alibori, about thirty-nine (39) kilometers from Malanville town at the border of Niger. There was still a pending issue of border line indication between Nigeria and Benin. 

Daily Capacity: 

Iloua Border is one of the new crossing points established in Benin Rep to Nigeria Republic. It is used with by all sizes of transit goods trucks. Fuel smugglers and other transit of goods activity has been noted between Nigeria and Benin. 

Customs Clearance: 

The ECOWAS vehicle insurance and the laissez-passer are the most important documents.  

For humanitarian cargo, all documents should be prepared at the Customs Office in Cotonou. Once these documents are approved, copies of the documents should be detained by the Superintendent and truck drivers to the Iloua customs which will verify the goods and mention ‘seen’ on the documents. Then, there is also a simple need to transmit the documents to the point of exit/entry.  

Other Relevant Information: 

The border of Iloua is secured by the units of both national Customs authorities (Benin and Nigeria). There is no sub tactical division of military unit in Iloua. Passing goods and trucks must be inspected by the National Police and custom agents. 

LIST OF OFFICIALS APPROVED CUSTOMS CLEARING AGENTS