Bangladesh Bank issued a new circular consolidating instructions issued over the past year to make foreign-exchange management for imports easier and more coherent.
The circular updates FE Circular No. 33 of August 14, 2025 and incorporates later instructions, reducing the need for bankers, importers and businesses to follow separate notices. Earlier import instructions are cancelled when the new circular takes effect, although reporting requirements remain.
The framework covers import trade and online reporting, opening letters of credit, permitted payment methods, advance remittances, bills of entry, supplier and buyer credit, import liabilities and back-to-back letters of credit. It also covers alternative trade finance, digital document processing, retention of export proceeds for import payments, domestic letters of credit in foreign currency, and imports for special and free-trade zones, gold, silver, jewellery and foreign-currency notes. The circular is effective for one year from August 13.
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