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Office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports

department · partial (verified 2026-05-17)

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Head
Md. Tofazzal Hosen
Role
Chief Controller (Additional Secretary)
Annual budget
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Staff
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Established
1950
Legal basis
Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1950 (Act No. XXXIX of 1950), applied to Bangladesh by President's Order 1972; successive Import Policy Orders (most recent: Import Policy Order 2025-2028, approved by the Council of Advisers on 30 January 2026); Export Policy 2024-2027 (gazette-notified August 2024); the new Import and Export Act 2024 was introduced to replace the 1950 statute but had not yet fully superseded it as of verification date

CCI&E is implementing the newly approved Import Policy Order 2025-2028 (Council of Advisers approved 30 January 2026) which represents the first major structural revision of import management in four years; the office continues to process IRC and ERC applications through the OLM portal; the Export Policy 2024-2027 is in force, with CCI&E administering ERC issuance under it; a new Import and Export Act 2024 to supersede the 74-year-old 1950 statute was in legislative pipeline as of verification date.

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Provenance & notes

established_year is 1950, the year of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act No. XXXIX which created the Chief Controller's office; the office continued under Bangladesh post-1971 via President's Order 1972. current_head Md. Tofazzal Hosen (also rendered Moj. Tofazzul Hosen in some sources) is confirmed as Chief Controller (Additional Secretary rank) from two sources: the ccie.gov.bd officer list page and the bangladesh.eregulations.org contact record; head_since is null because no appointment date appears in accessible primary sources. staff_count and annual_budget_bdt are null: no sanctioned staff total or departmental budget figure is in publicly accessible primary sources; the organogram PDF on ccie.portal.gov.bd shows the hierarchical structure but not numerical totals. verification_status is 'partial' because: (1) the current head's name is confirmed from two sources but appointment date is unavailable; (2) Import Policy Order 2025-2028 approval date of 30 January 2026 is cross-confirmed by TBS News, New Age, The Financial Express, and Apparel Resources; (3) Export Policy 2024-2027 is confirmed by the Bangladesh Trade Portal PDF and MCCI bulletin; (4) OLM portal existence and IRC/ERC procedures are confirmed by the Bangladesh Trade Portal and ccie.gov.bd; (5) established year 1950 and legal basis are confirmed by bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd and ccie.portal.gov.bd primary documents. Address: Mezbah Uddin Plaza (6th Floor), 91 New Circular Road, Mouchak, Dhaka-1217. Email: [email protected]. The task specification mentioned 'Export Policy 2024-27' and 'Import Policy Order' for the 90-day window: the Import Policy Order 2025-2028 was approved 30 January 2026 (within the 90-day window ending 2026-05-17) and is the dominant recent event; the Export Policy 2024-27 was gazette-notified August 2024 (outside the 90-day window) but is included as a key circular because it directly governs current ERC operations.

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