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National Committee on Exports

parliamentary_committee · partial (verified 2026-05-17)

Profile

Head
Khandakar Abdul Muktadir
Role
Minister (President of the National Committee on Exports per Export Policy 2024-2027)
Annual budget
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Staff
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Established
2024
Legal basis
Export Policy 2024-2027, approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on May 15, 2024 (Ministry of Commerce proposal); the policy document establishes the National Committee on Exports, a subordinate Monitoring and Evaluation Committee chaired by an Additional Secretary of Commerce, and a Technical Committee on Exports

Commerce Minister Muktadir is actively driving export diversification policy under the Tarique Rahman government (from February 2026), with LDC graduation on November 24, 2026 as the hard deadline. The government is pursuing non-subsidy support mechanisms (tax cuts, lower utility costs, serviced industrial land) for leather, jute, pharma, and agro-processed sectors, following recommendations from a separate 16-member inter-ministerial committee chaired by the Finance Division's Principal Secretary (formed July 30, 2025 under the Yunus interim government). No meeting of the National Committee on Exports under the new BNP government has been publicly reported as of May 17, 2026.

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Provenance & notes

No entity formally titled 'National Committee on Export Diversification' was found in any primary source (mincom.gov.bd, epb.gov.bd, BSS, Daily Star, TBS, Financial Express, New Age, Dhaka Tribune searched). The closest documented body is the 'National Committee on Exports' established by the Export Policy 2024-2027 (approved by CCEA on May 15, 2024), which holds an explicit export diversification mandate and is chaired by the Minister of Commerce. A separate and distinct body, the 16-member inter-ministerial committee chaired by the Principal Secretary to the Chief Adviser's Office, was formed by the Ministry of Finance on July 30, 2025, specifically to review post-LDC export competitiveness for four sectors (leather and leather goods, jute goods, agricultural and agro-processed goods, pharmaceuticals); this body submitted recommendations for non-subsidy support mechanisms including tax cuts, lower utility costs, and industrial land provision. Both bodies pre-date the Tarique Rahman government (February 17, 2026) but their work is being carried forward. The 'National Committee on Exports' as named in the Export Policy 2024-2027 is the most appropriate match for this slug. verification_status is 'partial' because: (1) no meeting of the National Committee on Exports under the BNP government has been publicly reported; (2) the Bangla name of the committee was not found in any retrieved source; (3) the exact circular number for the committee's constitution within the Export Policy was not retrieved (PDF was binary-encoded). head_since is February 17, 2026 (Muktadir's swearing-in as Commerce Minister); the committee's policy-level presidency transfers automatically with the ministerial appointment per Export Policy 2024-2027 structure.

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