Professional Consulting & Advisory Firm (Company Law & Tax)
Professional Consulting & Advisory Firm (Company Law & Tax)
Import Registration Certificate (IRC) is a mandatory document for business entities who are desirous of importing raw material or other special items to Bangladesh. In order to obtain Import Registration Certificate it is expedient to know that The Office of the Chief Controller of Imports & Exports (CCI&E) issues this certificate and the legal basis for this permission is found in Import Policy Order 2015-2018.
The applicant is required to collect the Form of IRC from CCI&E office or official
website and submit the filled in Form along with supporting documents to the Dispatch
Section of CCI&E office. Registration fee and the cost of pass-book should be
deposited at the Bangladesh Bank or Sonali Bank and three (3) copies of Treasury Challan
shall be collected.
In order to receive the Import Registration Certificate, applicant needs to submit the
filled in application Form along with the listed supporting documents and Treasury
Challan at CCI&E office.
Estimated processing time for IRC is 4-5 working days.
Category | Max Import Range in BDT | Initial Registration Fees |
---|---|---|
1st | 5,00,000 | 5,000 |
2nd | 25,00,000 | 10,000 |
3rd | 50,00,000 | 18,000 |
4th | 1,00,00,000 | 30,0000 |
5th | 5,00,00,000 | 45,000 |
6th | Above 5,00,00,000 | 60,0000 |
IRC is required to be renewed every year. The required documents are: