Office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports
Profile
- Head
- Md. Tofazzal Hosen
- Role
- Chief Controller (Additional Secretary)
- Annual budget
- n/a
- Staff
- n/a
- Established
- 1950
- Legal basis
- Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1950 (Act No. XXXIX of 1950), applied to Bangladesh by President's Order 1972; successive Import Policy Orders (most recent: Import Policy Order 2025-2028, approved by the Council of Advisers on 30 January 2026); Export Policy 2024-2027 (gazette-notified August 2024); the new Import and Export Act 2024 was introduced to replace the 1950 statute but had not yet fully superseded it as of verification date
Provenance & notes
established_year is 1950, the year of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act No. XXXIX which created the Chief Controller's office; the office continued under Bangladesh post-1971 via President's Order 1972. current_head Md. Tofazzal Hosen (also rendered Moj. Tofazzul Hosen in some sources) is confirmed as Chief Controller (Additional Secretary rank) from two sources: the ccie.gov.bd officer list page and the bangladesh.eregulations.org contact record; head_since is null because no appointment date appears in accessible primary sources. staff_count and annual_budget_bdt are null: no sanctioned staff total or departmental budget figure is in publicly accessible primary sources; the organogram PDF on ccie.portal.gov.bd shows the hierarchical structure but not numerical totals. verification_status is 'partial' because: (1) the current head's name is confirmed from two sources but appointment date is unavailable; (2) Import Policy Order 2025-2028 approval date of 30 January 2026 is cross-confirmed by TBS News, New Age, The Financial Express, and Apparel Resources; (3) Export Policy 2024-2027 is confirmed by the Bangladesh Trade Portal PDF and MCCI bulletin; (4) OLM portal existence and IRC/ERC procedures are confirmed by the Bangladesh Trade Portal and ccie.gov.bd; (5) established year 1950 and legal basis are confirmed by bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd and ccie.portal.gov.bd primary documents. Address: Mezbah Uddin Plaza (6th Floor), 91 New Circular Road, Mouchak, Dhaka-1217. Email: [email protected]. The task specification mentioned 'Export Policy 2024-27' and 'Import Policy Order' for the 90-day window: the Import Policy Order 2025-2028 was approved 30 January 2026 (within the 90-day window ending 2026-05-17) and is the dominant recent event; the Export Policy 2024-27 was gazette-notified August 2024 (outside the 90-day window) but is included as a key circular because it directly governs current ERC operations. Activity evidence hold: removed 3 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.
Sources
- https://ccie.gov.bd/
- https://olm.ccie.gov.bd/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Chief_Controller_of_Imports_and_Exports
- https://ccie.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/ccie.portal.gov.bd/page/0465f0f6_9ba2_49c3_b2cd_64c127126ad4/Import%20and%20Export%20(Control)%20Act,%201950.pdf
- http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-236.html
- https://www.bangladeshtradeportal.gov.bd/kcfinder/upload/files/Legal_1756180440.pdf
- https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/advisory-council-approves-draft-ordinance-modernise-import-management-1347576
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/trade-commerce/289667/
- https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/govt-approves-new-import-policy-key-ordinances-to-boost-exports-protect-women
- https://apparelresources.com/business-news/trade-business-news/bangladesh-clears-import-policy-order-2025-2028-boost-trade-exports/
- https://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textile-news/interim-bangladesh-govt-clears-new-import-policy-order-for-2025-2028-308078-newsdetails.htm
- https://bangladeshtradeportal.gov.bd/index.php?r=searchProcedure%2Fview1&id=61
- https://bangladeshtradeportal.gov.bd/index.php?r=searchProcedure/view1&id=67
- https://mccibd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CN-August-24.pdf
- https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/bangladeshs-export-policy-2024-27-blueprint-wto-compliance-and-growth-881656
- https://gfmdhaka.com/news/after-74-years-there-is-a-new-import-and-export-control-law
- https://ccie.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/ccie.portal.gov.bd/page/8675151b_14a4_475f_ad46_aa1340d2080e/organogram%20(1).pdf
- https://bangladesh.eregulations.org/Contacts/7?l=en