Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) recently notified the Shipping Agent Licensing Rules, 2025, which aim at ensuring accountability and fair competition across all sea and river ports in the country and modernising and simplifying shipping agent operations.
Shipping agent licenses were earlier governed under the Customs Agent Licensing Rules, 2020.
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Under the new regulations, the licensing process has been significantly accelerated. Authorities are no longer required to obtain prior NBR approval to determine the number of licenses issued per customs station. This allows authorities to grant permits in a much shorter duration.
