New system ensures faster goods delivery at Benapole port
Goods are now being delivered quickly from Benapole land port thanks to the introduction of a time-saving method, allowing importers to cut time and cost.
The “D Mark” method, which allows delivery of goods without examination, has been applied on 80 percent of items entering the country’s biggest land port since December last year.
As a result, a maximum two days are needed to hand over the goods to importers from the previous five to seven days. Since the delivery time has reduced, importers are incurring lesser costs, helping to bring down the overall import cost in an improvement that has a direct impact on the prices of goods.
The method is being applied on reputed importers who have no history of importing different goods after declaring a specific item as well as on goods meant for government projects, said Benapole Customs House Commissioner Belal Hossain Chowdhury.
The method aims at reducing the hassles faced by the importers and improving the ease of doing business situation, he said. Currently, the port delivers 40 percent of goods on the day of imports and takes a maximum three days for the rest.
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