The key sea and land ports in Bangladesh are all set to get six hi-tech scanners soon after National Board of Revenue (NBR) recently inked an agreement with the Nuctech Company Limited to add six fixed container-scanners in three major customs ports.
This is as per media reports, which underlined the move is aimed at reducing physical examination requirements of import-export goods even as of the six scanners, Benapole and Bhomra land ports will get one each while the principal seaport of Chittagong will get the remaining four.
The new scanners are expected to expedite the release of goods and save time and cost of business.
It may be mentioned here as per a Time Release Study-2022, conducted by customs officials with the support of World Customs Organisation and Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), physical examination of goods at customs points consumes a significant time, causing unusual delay in resealing goods.
