Bangladesh Customs is going to observe International Customs Day 2016 on January 26 to promote digitalisation of all customs procedures for trade facilitation.
Bangladesh will celebrate the day, along with a total of 179 member countries of the World Customs Organisation (WCO), to mark the first official conference of the Customs Co-operation Council now named as World Customs Organization (WCO).
This year, the WCO member countries will celebrate the day with the slogan “Digital Customs: Progressive Engagement” in their respective countries.
On this occasion, the WCO members will have the opportunity to showcase and further promote use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the customs procedures.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will celebrate the day centrally in Dhaka and regionally at nine other customs offices across the country.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, Prime Minister’s Economic Affairs Adviser Mashiur Rahman, President of parliamentary standing committee on economic affairs Abdur Razaak and President of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Abdul Matlub Ahmad will attend as special guests.
