Our Correspondent :
Benapole Customs House has launched a new software called “Becom” to make import-export trade dynamic, prevent revenue evasion and restore transparency in taxes. This is the first time after 50 years of independence that Benapole Customs House has been upgraded to the only digital custom house across the country.
Dr. Neyamul Islam, Additional Commissioner of Benapole Customs House said that the software was inaugurated at the Zoom Meeting of the Chairman of the National Board of Revenue on Tuesday afternoon.
Customs, ports and BGB authority jointly entry the cargo loaded trucks at Customs cargo branch of Zeropoint to collect information on import-export trucks and goods.
As a result, it took 30 minutes for a truck to enter the port last fifty years.
Currently, it takes only 2 minutes to use the barcode through the Becom software.
Every day 500 to 600 trucks of goods are imported from India through Benapole port.
The location of these Indian trucks and the sheds of the port in which the goods are being unloaded is known at the moment through BECOM.
Risk analysis of risky products from importers and C&F agents is possible to detect quickly.
The exact location of the import-export loaded truck has known where it is the Port area.
At the moment, it is known that any officer can know all the information of arrears of revenue, bank guarantee, undertaking and C&F agent license at the same time.
It is Suitable for use on mobile phones, locally made it and the low cost software. The software cannot be hacked in any way.
Benapole customs Commissioner Azizur Rahman said, with the single effort of Dr. Neyamul Islam, it has been possible to make Becom software in the first customs house in Bangladesh.
At present, import and export trade to make dynamic through the 15 modules of the software. It is also monitoring the passport passengers traveling,
The National Board of Revenue, Benapole customs commissioner and additional commissioners is overseeing the overall management of customs, port, including the seizure of smuggled goods.
Ensuring the location of confiscated goods stored in port warehouses.It is not possible to false the chemical test results of the product in such software. It is possible to detect hazardous chemical products quickly.
