A new import policy order has been issued to double the list
of prohibited products. The new order for a period of three years i.e. 2021-24
has recently been published by the Ministry of Commerce in the form of Gazette.
In the previous order, there were 12 categories of prohibited products. In the
new order it has increased to 26. Note that the import policy for the period
2018-21 has not been ordered. Import Policy Order 2015-18 expires on 30 June
2018. About four years later, a new policy order was issued.
The 26 categories of products banned under the new import
policy include shrimp, live pigs and all kinds of pig products, poppy seeds,
grass, wine lease and argol, condensed sugar, synthetic mustard oil,
substandard products or old , Used, reconditioned products or factory discarded
or stocklot products etc. In addition, old or used motorcycles, gas syringes,
two-stroke engines and three-wheeler vehicles with chassis ie tempo,
autorickshaw, casino gambling equipment, components, reconditioned office
equipment i.e. photocopier, typewriter, computer, telex, phone, Materials and
old electronics materials, fertilizers made with all kinds of industrial sludge
and sludge any product, all kinds of waste products are mentioned as
import-prohibited.
The list also includes various chemical pesticides and
manufactured products under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic
Pollutance (POP). These products include aldrin, chlorden, DDT, di-aldrin,
endrin, heptachlor, Mirex, toxafen, hexchlorobenzene, polychlorinated
bi-phenyl, hydraulic horn, all deaf horns of 75 decibels and more.
According to the maps published by the Bangladesh Survey
Department, maps, charts and geographical globes which do not show the
boundaries of Bangladesh, horror comics, pornography, sabotage literature
booklets, news magazines, posters, photos, films, papers, audio-video tapes
etc. are also banned. The list goes on and on. Meanwhile, there are some
products outside the prohibited products, which can be imported subject to
conditions.
According to the new import policy order, these products
include furnace oil, fishing nets less than 4 and a half centimeters in
diameter or length, imported cars older than five years, all types of
motorcycles older than three years and above 165 cc, including LNG and
liquefied propane and butane without petroleum. Residues of petroleum oil
without gas and other gaseous hydrocarbons and petroleum coke and petroleum bitumen.
The new import policy stipulates that all types of toys and
entertainment products apply to children of any age, and that plastic toys
require a certificate from the exporting country's appropriate authority
stating that they are "not harmful to health." The previous import
policy did not mention the import of civilian aircraft or helicopters, but this
time it has been added.
|Source: Online/SZK
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