Business Desk :
The owners of private inland container depots (ICDs) on Tuesday revised down tariffs for all the five types of services in container handling a day after the latest government move to trim fuel prices.
On Monday, the government announced cutting diesel price by Tk 5 per litre and the next day the members of Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (BICDA) in a virtual meeting decreased their charges by 3.5 to 5 per cent from the recently increased rates.
BICDA Secretary General Md Ruhul Amin Sikder said tariffs for five diesel-run services were earlier hiked at different rates following fuel price hike, while in Tuesday’s meeting BICDA leaders decided to revise down those rates of tariff hike in proportionate to new diesel price.
BICDA also issued a circular on Tuesday afternoon in this regard.
According to the new decision, tariff for import container handling package would now be increased by 30 per cent against the earlier decision of raising it by 35 per cent from previous charge remained effective before August 6.
According to the BICDA circular, import container handling package for a 20-foot container which was earlier raised from Tk 9,754 to Tk 13,080 has now been fixed at Tk 12,605. For a 40-foot container the package charge was earlier raised to Tk 15,107 from the previous rate of Tk 11,255 and the new rate has now been fixed at Tk 14,557, the circular stated.
Tariffs for handling empty containers would be raised by 20.5 per cent against previous hike by 24 per cent and tariffs for handling export laden containers would now be raised by 21.5 per cent against the previous decision of raising by 25 per cent, it added.
