Enacted 🚨 Action required Update

Bangladesh — Pesticide raw materials exemption

This page records one dated change. For the rules in Bangladesh as they stand today, see the Bangladesh guide →

Jurisdiction
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
Tax
VAT
Change type
Update
Status
Enacted
Impact
Action required
Effective
11 June 2026
Instrument
BD-SRO-156-2026
Systems
Customs, Tax engine, ERP
Verified
Fetched from official source · high confidence
What to do

Correct the effective date in compliance tracking to 11 June 2026, confirm whether imported raw-material HS codes fall in Table 1 (full duty and VAT exemption) or Table 2 (duty capped at 15%, VAT fully exempt), and file the required non-judicial stamp undertaking at clearance.

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The change

SRO No. 156-Ain/2026/11/Customs, issued jointly under section 25(1) of the Customs Act 2023 and section 126(1) of the VAT and Supplementary Duty Act 2012, fully exempts customs duty and value added tax on approximately 111 technical-grade active-ingredient chemicals used by pesticide manufacturers approved by the Ministry of Agriculture (Table 1), and separately exempts VAT and customs duty above 15% on a second list of approximately 35 to 36 formulation-aid and carrier chemicals (Table 2). It replaces SRO No. 199-Ain/2025/21/Customs, took effect on 11 June 2026 and is valid through 30 June 2030.

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