News / Bangladesh moves towards mandatory e-payment of all customs tariffs

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To make export and import activities in Bangladesh quicker, the government has made electronic payment of all types of duties, fees and charges in customs houses of more than Tk2m ($23,500), mandatory from 1 July, the first day of the fiscal new year.

And, from 1 January 2022, duties and charges of any amount must be paid electronically, affecting customs in airports, seaports and land ports.

E-payments of duties and charges at Kamalapur inland container depot were made mandatory last month, part of efforts ...