Bangladesh, Aug. 31 -- Customs intelligence units are asked to coordinate examinations of import consignments to avert cumbersome crosscheck and thus reduce port clearance time and cost of business for importers.

Advertisement The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued the order for customs intelligence units to coordinate with the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) and the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) in such work, as businesses often resent overlapping of trade scrutiny.

Customs officials have also been instructed not to seek documents beyond those specified in the Goods Declaration, Assessment and Re-assessment Rules 2024. They cannot demand manual copies of documents already submitted electronically. ...