Bangladesh Customs

Bangladesh Customs is focused on meeting an ambitious FY2026-27 revenue target while implementing digital reforms and modernizing customs valuation.

Bangladesh Customs operates as the customs administration arm of NBR, not as a standalone department with a single director general; it is organized into commissionerates (Chattogram Custom House at chc.gov.bd being the largest, plus Dhaka Custom House at dch.gov.bd, Benapole, and others). The Customs Act 2023 (effective 6 June 2024) replaced the Customs Act 1969 and introduced Bangla-language statute, AEO, MRA, post-clearance audit, and WTO TFA alignment. The current_head field is null because Bangladesh Customs has no single named head: each commissionerate has its own Commissioner; the Chattogram Custom House Commissioner (Mohammad Shafi Uddin per the chc.gov.bd officer list, though this could not be independently verified from a second primary source as of 2026-05-17) leads the most significant revenue unit. head_since is null for the same reason. staff_count and annual_budget_bdt are null: no centralized staffing or operational budget figure for Bangladesh Customs as a whole appears in available primary sources; the NBR Capacity Building document at nbr.gov.bd references sanctioned post categories but the numerical totals are not in the publicly accessible excerpt. verification_status is 'partial' because: (1) the current Chattogram Commissioner's name could not be confirmed from two independent primary sources; (2) a centralized staff count is not publicly available; (3) the BPC/Petrobangla duty arrear figures are cross-confirmed by TBS News and The Daily Star (two independent primary sources) and are therefore verified; (4) revenue collection figures are cross-confirmed by The Daily Star and The Financial Express. The Customs Act 2023 establishment date of 1972 in established_year reflects the formal establishment of Bangladesh Customs as a distinct agency under NBR Order 1972; the current governing statute is the Customs Act 2023.