The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued a gazette notification stipulating that imports have to be declared well in advance of the previous deadline for notifying of their arrival, all to reduce false declarations and enable quick releases.
A new vegetable item has been added to the country's export basket with the shipment of around 23,610 kg of Chinese cabbage to Taiwan through Chattogram port in January this year. Entrepreneurs say two consignments of the vegetable, worth around $5,300, were sent to the Asian country.
Global commodity prices have fallen and traders have also built good stocks of sugar, dates, edible oil, pulses, chickpeas and onions for Ramadan market, but there is no good news for local consumers.