The Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) has reported sustained growth in both revenue income and revenue surplus over the past five calendar years, underpinned by cost controls and stable service delivery.
The country’s largest seaport recorded an average annual growth of 13.08% in revenue income and 18.42% in revenue surplus during the period from 2021 to 2025. The authority attributed the performance to measures aimed at curbing unnecessary expenditure while maintaining operational efficiency and service quality.
During the five-year period, the CPA kept average growth in revenue expenditure at 7.59% and deposited a total of Taka 7,580.20 crore with the government exchequer in the form of tax, value-added tax (VAT) and non-tax revenue (NTR).
An analysis of CPA’s financial data shows that revenue income reached Taka 5,460.18 crore in 2025. Revenue expenditure in the same year stood at Taka 2,317.50 crore, resulting in a surplus of Taka 3,142.68 crore, the highest recorded over the past five years.
In terms of year-on-year revenue growth, 2024 emerged as the strongest performer, with revenue income rising by 21.88%. Revenue growth stood at 7.55% in 2025, 16.69% in 2023 and 6.18% in 2022.
The CPA has managed to keep revenue expenditure growth in single digits over the past two years through stricter controls on discretionary spending. In 2025, revenue expenditure increased by 7.61%, compared with 6.50% in 2024.
Of the Taka 7,580.20 crore deposited with the exchequer over the five-year period, the largest share of Taka 3,553.08 crore was contributed as tax, followed by Taka 3,427.12 crore as VAT and Taka 600 crore as non-tax revenue.
In 2025 alone, the CPA deposited Taka 1,804.47 crore as tax, VAT and NTR, representing a 5.41% increase from the previous year, when the contribution stood at Taka 1,711.75 crore. The authority deposited Taka 1,519.35 crore in 2023, Taka 1,359.59 crore in 2022 and Taka 1,185.04 crore in 2021.
