ibadan nigeriaa shortage of new hydrocarbonfree jute bags is expected to hit nigerias main cocoa crop harvest in the 202223 season the countrys cocoa association said wednesday the cocoa association of nigeria imports jute bags under a tax waiver but the current waiver expires in june olusegun adewumi cans executive secretary said jute bags are used for cocoa packaging and the tax waiver allowed can to bring the bags into the country free of import charges thus reducing the costs and invariably prices paid by buyers such as farmers traders merchants and exporters he said jute bag manufacturers in bangladesh and pakistan produce on a first payment first served basis meaning cans orders are getting delayed because of the difficulty in getting dollars into nigeria to pay the manufacturers early he said what we are bringing in of jute bags is not enough due to the difficulty in getting dollars to import large quantities asked if there are enough new jute bags in the market now mr adewumi said in the market right now i cant say there is a shortage because midcrop cocoa is just coming out by the time we enter the main season we envisage there will be a shortage