Import Requirements
HS Code: 03038910
|Other fish, excluding livers and roes :Wrapped/canned upto 2.5 Kg
| Sl. | Documents | Purpose | Agency/Entity | Stage | Option | Validity | Applicability | Legislation | Remarks |
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| 1 | Import Permit (IP) | CC, RP | Department of Fisheries (DoF), Fisheries Quarantine Wing | Before importation | Manual | Not mentioned | Consignment/Lot Specific |
Sec. 9(1), 10(2), Fish Quarantine Act, 2018 [Bangla] |
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| 2 | Declaration to Fisheries Quarantine Officer | RP | Importer | After importation | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific | ||
| 3 | NOC for Import | CC, RP | Central or Regional Authority, DoF [DG, DoF; DD (FIQC)] | After receiving application from importer | Manual | Lot | Lot |
Sec. 23(3), FIQC Act, 2020 [Bangla] |
Importer needs to apply 15 days prior to import. |
| 4 | Prior Declaration | RP | Importer | Before importation | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Sec. 24(2), FIQC Act, 2020 [Bangla] |
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| 5 | Salubrity Certificate | CC, RP | Competent authority of exporting country | With the consignment document | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Sec. 24(1), FIQC Act, 2020 [Bangla] |
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| 6 | Traceability Certificate | CC, RP | Competent authority of exporting country | With the consignment document | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Sec. 24(1), FIQC Act, 2020 [Bangla] |
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| 7 | Halal Certificate | CC, RP | Competent authority of exporting country | With the consignment document | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Sec. 24(1), FIQC Act, 2020 [Bangla] |
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| 8 | Fit for Human Consumption Certificate | CC, RP | Competent authority of exporting country | With the consignment document | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Article 23(2), 23(3)(Uma), IPO 2021-24 [Bangla] |
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| 9 | Physical and Laboratory Test Report | CC, RP | Regional Authority, FIQC, DoF | After Bill of Entry submission | Manual | Consignment Specific | Lot Specific |
Sec. 25(1)(2), FIQC Act, 2020 [Bangla] |
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| 10 | Radioactivity Test Certificate from Origin Country | CC, RP | Competent authority of origin country | Before importation | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Article 23(1), IPO 2021-24 [Bangla] |
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| 11 | Radioactivity Test Certificate | CC, RP | Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) | After importation | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Article 23(1), 23(5)(Cha), IPO 2021-24 [Bangla] |
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| 12 | If GMO/LMO, permission from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | RP | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | Before importation | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Rule 3, Bangladesh Biosafety Rules, 2012 [Bangla]; Article 23(28), IPO 2021-24 [Bangla] |
Biosafety Guidelines of Bangladesh, 2007 [English] also to be followed. |
| 13 | If imported fish & other aquatic animals listed in Schedule-1 & 2, Licence for Agro-products importer | RP | Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM) | Before importation | Manual | 01 (one) year from the issuance date | Annual |
Sec. 7(1), Schedule-1 & 2, Agricultural Marketing Act, 2018 [Bangla]; Rule 6, Agricultural Marketing Rules, 2021 [Bangla] |
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| 14 | Formalin Free Certificate by Exporting Country | CC, RP | Competent authority of exporting country | Before importation | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Article 23(31), IPO 2021-24 [Bangla] |
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| 15 | Formalin Free Test Report | CC, RP | Department of Fisheries (DoF) | After importation | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Article 23(32), IPO 2021-24 [Bangla] |
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| 16 | For frozen fish and fish products, Test Report for harfmul antibiotic, microorganism, heavy metal, hormone, etc. | CC, RP | Internationally recocognized accredited lab or lab of importing country (Bangladesh) | With the consignment document | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Sec. 24(3), FIQC Act, 2020 [Bangla] |
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2. If no HS Code is designated against any specific name or description of any product in the Bangladesh Customs Tariff (BCT), the HS Code may not be found in this Gateway searching only by product name or description. To find the appropriate HS code for the concerned product, please consult BCT (including Section Note, Chapter Note, Heading Note, and Sub-heading Note), WCO Explanatory Notes to the Harmonized System (HS), and, if required, WCO Compendium of Classification Opinions, Alphabetical Index, and Classification Decisions of the WCO HS Committee.
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5. Last updated on 13 March 2024.