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The Nigerian Ports Authority Act, CAP 126 LFN of 2004 is the main law regulating ports in Nigeria. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) owns all ports and equipment in the ports and plays the role of landlord. Under the landlord system the existing port terminals are leased to a private company with concession periods of 10 or 25 years. The NPA is responsible for planning and development, regulatory tasks (such as safety, security, and protection of the environment), and nautical management. In order to improve the regulatory environment of the sector, the Nigerian Shippers' Council was appointed as an economic port regulator by the Federal Government in 2015.

The main tourist attractions in Nigeria are adventure, historic, eco-adventure, beach, religious, and conference tourism. The prevalence of several natural and historic tourist sites add to the subsector's potential such as the Sukur World Heritage site at Adamawa and Osun Oshogbo Sacred Grove which are included in UNESCO's World Heritage List.

Table A3.4 Import Prohibition List, 2017
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Waste pharmaceuticals 3006.9200
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Table A3.5 Absolute Import Prohibition List, September 2016
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Nuclear industrial waste and other toxic waste
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Exports of electricity rose to US$2,132 million in 2016, an increase of 4.7% compared to 2015, making Paraguay the world's leading exporter of hydroelectricity.

It should be stressed that there is a direct link between the Vienna Programme, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.

The National Development Plan Paraguay 2030 (PND 2030) is a strategic framework that sets out Paraguay's roadmap to sustainable, inclusive economic development. PND 2030 is approximately 80% in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This is the first long term roadmap to set out a national strategy and identify specific actions to be implemented by the public authorities when designing public policies.

The three main lines of action relate to the following objectives: (1) poverty reduction and social development; (2) inclusive economic growth; and (3) integration of Paraguay into the world. Each goal reinforces the main strategies with specific plans that will guide and underwrite the targets set. These include mechanisms to ensure high calibre employment, support for MSMEs, use and availability of renewable energy resources and the embedding of national production resources into the region's global value chains.

Since the last review, the Government has reformed the organizational and operational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) to strengthen its role and coordinate its action with that of institutions that perform related functions. As part of this process, new institutions have been established to deal with agricultural and forestry related matters; one of them is the National Agricultural and Forest Biosafety Commission (COMBIO), set up in 2012.

Public participation in agriculture policy occurs through government service programmes that do not involve transfers or price support for producers. Instead they take the form of permitted domestic support (green box) in the area of general services, food security and aid programmes, structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids and environmental programmes directed at small agricultural producers, in particular family farms and the most vulnerable farmers.