Import Requirements
HS Code: 09023000
|Black Tea Fermented/Partly Fermented,Flavoured Or Not,In Packings Of <=3kg
| Sl. | Documents | Purpose | Agency/Entity | Stage | Option | Validity | Applicability | Legislation | Remarks |
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| 1 | Import Permit (IP) | CC, RP | Before opening LC | Online | 04 (four) months from issuance (plus two months' extension provision) | Consignment/Lot Specific |
Sec. 9(1), Sec. 10(1), Plant Quarantine Act, 2011 [Bangla | English]; Rule 3(3)(Ka), Plant Quarantine Rules, 2018 [Bangla] |
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| 2 | Prior Notification to the Plant Quarantine Officer | RP | Importer | At least 07 (seven) days prior to probable import | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Rule 7(1), Plant Quarantine Rules, 2018 [Bangla] |
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| 3 | Release Order (RO) | CC, RP | After submitting Bill of Entry | Online/Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Rule 9(4), Plant Quarantine Rules, 2018 [Bangla] |
Release Order will not be issued, if packaging materials made of raw or solid wood are not treated as per ISPM-15 [Rule 9(7), Plant Quarantine Rules, 2018]. | |
| 4 | Phytosanitary Certificate (PC) | CC, RP | Competent authority of origin country | Before boarding the conveyance | Manual | As mentioned in the PC | Consignment Specific | ||
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | Licence for Tea Import | CC, RP | Bangladesh Tea Board | Before shipment | Manual | Consignment Specific | Consignment Specific |
Sec. 22, Tea Act, 2016 [Bangla]; Rule 6(4), Tea Import Licencing Rules, 2016 [Bangla] |
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| 7 | Notifying information on imported tea to Tea Board | RP | Importer | After Customs clearance | Manual | To be sent within 14 (fourteen) days after clearance | Consignment Specific |
Sec. 22(2), Tea Act, 2016 [Bangla]; Rule 8(2), Tea Import Licencing Rules, 2016 [Bangla] |
Information on country of export, grade, quantity, value, usage need to be sent by Form-Ga [Tea Import Licencing Rules, 2016]. |
| 8 | Licence for Agro-products importer | RP | 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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| 9 | For Duty & Tax benefit by EPZ/Private EPZ Commissariat, Bond Lience | CC, RP | Customs Bond Commissionerate | Before importation | Manual | 03 (three) year | 03 (three) years |
Condition (1) of SRO No.63-Law/2017/05/Customs, Date: 20 March 2017 [Bangla] |
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| 10 | For Duty & Tax benefit by EPZ/Private EPZ Commissariat, Import Permit from BEPZA | CC, RP | Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority | Before importation | Online/Manual | Consignment/Lot Specific | Consignment/Lot Specific |
Condition (1), (2), (3) of SRO No.63-Law/2017/05/Customs, Date: 20 March 2017 [Bangla]
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5. Last updated on 13 March 2024.