Dhaka Custom House
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
WebsiteDhaka Custom House

Dhaka Custom House (Bengali: ঢাকা কাস্টম হাউস) is a Bangladesh government regulatory agency under the Ministry of Finance responsible for enforcing tariffs and customs on shipments in Dhaka. It is the largest airport customs house in Bangladesh.[1] Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan is in charge of Dhaka Custom House.[2]

History

The East India Company in 1810 reorganized Bengal's age old system of internal duties levied on the passage of goods. The numerous customs houses in Bengal were consolidated into six: Calcutta, Murshidabad, Hughli, Dhaka, Chittagong, and Balassore.[3]

Dhaka Custom House systems were automated with the support of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry as part of public–private partnership.[4][5] The custom house routinely recovers large quantity of gold being smuggled through Dhaka airport.[6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Dhaka Custom House. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Chairman's Profile". Dhaka Custom House. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Islam, Sirajul (2008). "Business History of Dhaka upto 1947". In Hassan, Delwar (ed.). Commercial History of Dhaka. Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry. p. 34. OCLC 421154297.
  4. ↑ Organization, World Trade (2015). Aid for Trade at a Glance 2015 Reducing Trade Costs for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth: Reducing Trade Costs for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth. OECD Publishing. ISBN 9789264235793. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Khatri, Sridhar; Brunner, Hans-Peter (2012). Regional Integration and Economic Development in South Asia. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 9781781005248.
  6. ↑ "Japanese held with 11kg gold at Dhaka airport". The Daily Star. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Gold bars found in Solar home system batteries". The Daily Star. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "4kg gold seized at Dhaka airport". The Daily Star. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "3 Malaysians held with 45kg gold bars at Dhaka airport". The Daily Star. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

Further reading

  • Quddus, Munir; Rashid, Salim (2000). Entrepreneurs and Economic Development: The Remarkable Story of Garment Exports from Bangladesh. The University Press Limited. ISBN 984-05-1501-2.
  • Islam, Noor Mohammad Kamrul (April 2001). Patron-Client Culture in Bangladesh and the Resulting Weak State and Stubborn Rural Socio-Economic Stagnation (PhD). North Carolina State University. OCLC 47651507.



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