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Ministry of Commerce
Ministry · Minister: Khandaker Abdul Muktadir
Internal and external trade, export promotion, import policy, and commercial relations
FY2026-27 proposed: Tk 328 crore gross, AFS Statement 8 · Budget hub →
FY2025-26 budget: Tk 608 crore net, iBAS · different basis from the gross figure above
Q1 FY2025-26 actual spend: Tk 34 crore (5.6% of budget) · operating Tk 34 cr, development Tk 0 cr (iBAS Statement-02)
ADP delivery portfolio FY2025-26 (RADP)
Largest projects by allocation:
- এক্সপোর্ট কমপিটিটিভনেস ফর জবস (৩য় সংশোধিত) · Tk 591 cr alloc, 48.0% of cost spent, foreign-aided
- বাংলাদেশ রিজিওনাল কানেকটিভিটি প্রজেক্ট-১: এমওসি কম্পোনেন্ট (৪র্থ সংশোধিত) · Tk 12 cr alloc, 66.0% of cost spent, foreign-aided
- বাংলাদেশ ট্রেড এন্ড ট্যারিফ কমিশনের সক্ষমতা বৃদ্ধিকরণ প্রকল্প (১ম সংশোধিত) · Tk 3 cr alloc, 9.0% of cost spent
- বাংলাদেশ-চায়না ফ্রেন্ডশীপ এক্সিবিশন সেন্টার নির্মাণ · Tk 0 cr alloc, 61.0% of cost spent, foreign-aided
- রপ্তানি উন্নয়ন ভবন (Export Promotion House) নির্মাণ প্রকল্প (১ম সংশোধিত) · Tk 0 cr alloc, 0.0% of cost spent
Source: Revised ADP FY2025-26, Planning Commission / IMED. Figures in crore taka.
Budget by division
| Division | Tk crore |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Commerce | 608 |
Source: ibas_statement02 (FY2025-26, net basis)
Indicators
| Series | Role | Latest | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | responsible | 1.3 bn | 2024-12-31 | world_bank |
| Trade (% of GDP) | responsible | 26.78 | 2024-12-31 | world_bank |
Tracked, awaiting data (3): bb_inflation_cpi, wb_exports_goods_services, wb_imports_goods_services
Crisis responsibilities
Hazards this body owns or monitors, overlaid with the live early-warning watch. A hazard without a badge has no calibrated live reading.
- Export concentration (RMG) owns
- Import dependence (China, India) owns
- LDC graduation Nov 2026 owns
- Non-traditional export weakness owns
- Red Sea / Suez disruption owns
- US GSP suspended owns
- AI / automation hit to RMG monitors
- Food import dependence monitors
- Food price spike monitors
- Hormuz strait disruption monitors
- India transit weaponization monitors
- LDC-graduation export shock monitors
- RMG export concentration monitors
Related research
Legal basis
-
Competition Act 2012
(2012)
· administers
· act
Act XXXIII of 2012
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Consumer Rights Protection Act 2009
(2009)
· administers
· act
Act XXVI of 2009
-
Trade Marks Act 2009
(2009)
· administers
· act
Act XIX of 2009
- Rules of Business 1996 (1996) · governed by · rules
Oversight and committees
- Advisory Council · council · member
- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs · cabinet committee · member
- Executive Committee of the National Economic Council · council · member
- Inter-Ministerial Committee on Fuel and Fertilizer Pricing · standing · member
- Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Foreign Direct Investment · working group · member
- National Committee on Export Diversification · standing · chair
- National Drug Policy Committee · standing · member
- National Economic Council · council · member
- National Food Safety Advisory Council · council · member
- National Wage Board · standing · member