Trade Regulations and Standards
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- Customs Valuation
- Import Licenses
- Import/Export Documentation
- Standards
- Free Trade Zones/Warehouses
- Membership in Trade Arrangements
Trade relations between Bangladesh and Italy
Export Policy of Bangladesh
- Fiscal Incentives:
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- Convertibility of Taka
- Utilization of Foreign Exchange by Exporters
- Export Promotion Fund ( EPF )
- Extension of Time-limit for adjustment of Export Credit from 180 days to 270 days
- Export Financing
- Rebate on insurance premium
- Incentives for export of non-traditional industrial products
- Import facilities of raw materials for export-oriented leather industries
- Income tax rebate on export earnings :
- Lowering the rate of AIT at source
- Payment of duty drawback through commercial banks
- Bonding facilities for export-oriented industries
- Duty-free Import of capital machinery by export-oriented industries
- Alternative facilities in lieu of customs bond or duty drawback for export-oriented domestic textile sector and garments industries
- Tax holiday
- Duty drawback scheme
- Value Added Tax (VAT) on packaging materials
- Simplification of the procedure for refund of VAT paid on export support services
- Permission for sale of goods rejected for exportation
- General incentives:
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- Declaring 80% export oriented leather industries as 100% export-oriented industries
- Other 80% export-oriented industries to get identical incentives available to 100% export-oriented industries
- Reduced airfreight for export of all crash programme items including fruits and vegetable
- Settlement of trade disputes
- Recognizing small and medium size agricultural farms as Industry
- Research and development
- Export on the basis of sub-contracting
- Assistance to contract services abroad like Engineering Consulting Services Contract and Civil Construction Contract etc.
- Annual ceiling for despatch of export samples
- Commodities under the Crash Programme
- Increased import facilities of samples for product development
- Multiple entry visa to importers and foreign Investors
- Deemed Export Facilities
- Import of samples by Export Promotion Bureau and TCB
- Import of banned items
- Widening the Scope of deemed export
- Waiver on Shipment of goods
- Re-export ( Entre-Pot)
- Export and Import without L/C.
- Relaxation of provisions for import of raw materials through back-to-back L.C. for export- oriented industries
- Product-Specific decisions :
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- Readymade Garments
- Frozen Fish
- Cultivation of Bamboo, Cane and Coconut
- Tea Industry
- Jute Industry
- Other Sectors
- List of goods prohibited for export
- List of goods restricted for export (Export allowed under special permission of the Ministry of Commerce )