Baggage Rules

Non-tourist passenger (incoming) Baggage Rules amended upto 8th June, 2000 are as follows:

1.             Any item brought as baggage, but not falling in the category of personal and household effects is subject to the payment of custom duty, value added tax and supplementary duty.

2.             Any passenger arriving by air or sea carrying with him handbag, cabin bag, or two suitcases upto 32 inches in length or two cartons, bags or sacks weighing not exceeding 65 kg Irrespective of size containing personal and household effects shall be exempted from custom, value added and supplementary taxes personal and household effects brought in suit cases in excess of the alloted two suit cases are subject to the payment of custom duty, value added and supplementary duty. However, books, magazines and educational items, personal effects and wears if brought in a third suitcase weighing 35 kg can also be cleared duty free.

3.             Any item brought as baggage in commercial quantity is subject to payment of custom duty, value added tax and supplementary duty.

4.             Passengers under 12 years of age can clear a cartoon, bag, sack or a suitcase of 32” in length containing personal baggage without paying any duty. However, they will not be entitled to any other facility other than this.

5.             Baggage not brought with a passenger can be cleared by making a declaration as per prescribed form without payment of duties and a copy of the declaration form has to be handed over to the Customs Officer at the time of clearing the baggage.

6.             A passenger can clear all easily portable equipment brought for his professional use without payment of duties.

7.             All medical equipment or wheel chairs used by a sick, paralysed or old passenger can be cleared without payment of customs duties.

8.             Bangladeshi citizen's are not permitted to import alcohol or alcoholic beverages and cigarettes as baggage. But only foreign national can import one bottle or upto gallon of spirituous beverages that is spirits, wines, beer and 200 sticks of cigarettes without custom duty.

9.             A passenger may import as baggage the following articles on payment of fixed amount as Custom duty, Aalue Added Tax and Supplementary Duty.

Sl No

Name of items

Amount of custom duty, value added tax and supplementary duty

1

II

III

Television

A. Upto 25''

B. 26'' and above

VCR/VCP/Satellitereceiver

VCD/DVD/LD/MD Player

Taka 7500.00 upto 25''

Taka 15000.00 26'' and above

Taka 3000.00 per piece

Taka 4000.00 per piece

IV

Music Center

a)        Ordinary CD and detachable speaker

Taka 2000.00 per piece

b)        Component system

            CD/VCD/DVD/LD/MD set

Taka 8000.00 per piece

c)        Detachable condition

            CD/VCD/DVD/LD/MD Set

Taka 15000.00 per piece

V

Refrigerator/Deep Freezer

Taka 5000.00 per piece

VI

Dish Washer/Washing Machine/Clothes Dryer

Taka 3000.00 per piece

VII

Electric Sewing Machine Knitting Machine

Taka 1000.00 00 per piece

VIII

Ordinary Photo Copier/Photo Enlarger

Taka 10000.00 per piece

IX

Air Cooler/Air Conditioner

a)        Window type

Taka 10000.00 per piece

b)        Split type

Taka 25000.00 per piece

X

Fax Machine

Taka 5000. 00 per piece

XI

Oven

a)        Micro Oven

Taka 2000.00 per piece

b)        Gas Oven (with burner)

Taka 5000.00 per piece

XII

Dish Antenna

Taka 7000.00 per piece

XIII

Gold Bullion

Taka 200 per tola or 11.66 gram upto 10 kg

XIV

Silver Bullion

Taka 200 per tola or 11.66 gram upto 20 kg

XV

Mobile/Cellular Telephone

Taka 5000.00 per Piece

XVI

Air Gun/Air Rifle

Taka 2000.00 per piece

XVII

Chandelier

Taka 300.00 per point

XVIII

Carpet upto 15 Square metre

Taka 500.00 per sq. metre

10.          A passenger not carrying dutiable goods can opt for using green channel, however Custom Officers in case of reasonable suspicion shall have the right to examine the baggage of green channel users.

11.          A passenger coming abroad shall have to fill-up a Custom Declaration Form for dutiable items to the Custom Authority.

12.          Children under two years of age shall not get any facilities as independent passengers.

13.          The bona fide baggage of a deceased person, expired abroad shall be exempted from payment of Custom Duty, Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duty.