The apex garment makers’ body in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has called upon the customs authority to simplify the process of issuing certificates pertaining to short shipments — a short shipment takes place when the quantity and/or value of goods actually exported is/are lesser than what is declared in export shipping documents — of goods in terms of exports.
According to reports, BGMEA President Faruque Hassan in a recent letter written to the Commissioner of the Chittagong Customs House (CHC), requested a meeting with the customs house so as to determine what factual documentation is required for the issuance of certificates when it comes to short shipments.
Meanwhile, speaking to the media, people in the know of things, reportedly claimed work was underway to update all information regarding the post-export short shipment of goods in the Asycuda Word System.
Asycuda Word System is an integrated customs management system for global trade and transport operations in a modern automated environment, and the website of the country’s central bank (Bangladesh Bank), even if this system is said to have been hampered by various issues although Bangladesh Bank, National Board of Revenue (NBR), the exporters and the CHC have held several meetings to address the issue, but could not be resolved owing to various complications related to the same.
