Int’l Customs Day observed

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Chattogram Bureau :
Chattogram Customs House observed the International Customs Day-2019 through various programs yesterday.
The theme of the day this year is “SMART borders for seamless trade and transport,”.Marking the day, Chattogram Customs House brought out a colorful rally from city’s Customs House area around 8.30 am which ended at the same venue after parading different important streets in the city.
MA Latif MP inaugurated the rally as the chief guest. A seminar was organized at Customs House auditorium this noon marking the day with Chattogram Customs Commissioner AK M Nuruzzaman in the chair.
Prokash Dewan, member National Board of Revenue, President of Chattogram Chamber of Commerce and Industries Mahbubul Alam, Chattogram Customs, Exercise and VAT Commissioner Mohammad Sayed Golam Kibria, among other high officials and businessman spoke at the function.
Chief guest Latif said Custom House is prepared to provide services in 24 hours every day to facilitate faster trade through speedy clearance of export and import commodities from the country biggest seaport.
“It would carry out all tasks of export-import consignments through keeping all the offices dealing with cargo handling open for seven days a week aiming to make import-export cargo handling easier,” he added.
Latif also urged Chattogram Customs House officials to work with sincerity and honesty to remove the hassles of its clients and maintain transparency.
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