BEPZA, NBR sign MoU to expedite customs-related services

Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at BEPZA Complex in the city to ease customs-related services for the foreign and local investors of EPZs.   

In presence of the Executive Chairman of BEPZA Major General Md Nazrul Islam, Member (investment promotion) of BEPZA Ali Reza Mazid and Member (Customs policy & ICT) of NBR Syed Golam Kibria signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations, said a press release.   

From now, the EPZ investors will get 21 types of customs-related services easily online. These include- issuance of bond registration, import-export customs permission, the release of duty-free import goods by hand, carry permission of bring-back and bond to bond transfer.

The role of NBR is essential to increase the economic potential of the country, BEPZA Executive Chairman said, adding the investors will get services provided by NBR easily by signing this MoU.   Member (Customs Policy & ICT) Syed Golam Kibria of NBR said that NBR is committed to providing the highest level of services as per law.

Among others, Member (Finance) Nafisa Banu, Secretary Md. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, General Manager (Investment Promotion) Md. Tanvir Hossain, General Manager (MIS) A K M Mozammel Haque of BEPZA and First Secretary (Customs Policy, Valuation & ICT) AKM Nurul Huda Azad, Second Secretary (Customs Evaluation) Rakibul Hasan, Senior System Analyst Md. Fazlur Rahman and AKM Zahid Hossain were present at the program.