The comprehensive SRO will have the guideline that will be followed at the time of transshipment,” he said. “It is difficult to determine the process of transshipment of goods each time before entering the transshipment goods from a country. The SRO would have the details of the process that a trader and customs official have to follow for the transshipment of goods between India, Nepal, Bhutan with Bangladesh, Mr Rahman said. The customs wing under the National Board of Revenue issued an office order on the basis of SOP before the trial run, he added.įor transshipment of goods, both the customs officials and traders get to what would be the procedure, requirement for bond or undertaking, escorting facility, electronic-seal, lock, etc. “A comprehensive SRO on the transshipment issue is at the final stage now, which might be issued within a month or two,” said Mr Rahman.įor trial run of transshipment between India and Bangladesh, the NBR has followed a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that has been signed after consensus from two parties, he said.ĭhaka and Delhi have signed a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in October last year to fix the modality of the transshipment of goods on those routes. However, the SRO would not include charges or transshipment fees as, according to Mr Rahman, it would be determined based on negotiations between individual countries. The international trade wing of customs is drafting the SRO after reviewing the Inland water transit protocol and trade between Bangladesh and India, agreement on the use of Chattogram and Mongla ports for the movement goods to and from India and other relevant treaties between the countries, Mr Rahman said. The procedure will have to be followed for transshipment of goods on three routes and Bangladesh India, Nepal, and Bhutan, said Khondaker Muhammad Aminur Rahman, customs (audit, modernisation and international trade) member of the NBR. The procedures of trade, requirement of undertaking, escorting of goods during transshipment, e-seal, customs declaration, other pros and cons, customs process, administrative measures will be detailed in a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) to be issued shortly, officials said.

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