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Three customs houses to get container scanners

Star Business Report
Three customs houses at Mongla and Benapole ports and the Inland Container Depot at Kamalapur will get container scanners within a couple of months, a move that will allow businessmen to release their imported consignments quickly.
At present, only the customs house at Chittagong port has scanners, which allow customs officials to examine cargo without any physical intrusion into the containers.
But the Mongla and Benapole ports and the ICD, all of which deal with large numbers of containers, do not have the facility, leaving the customs officials to do the inspection manually.
The customs house in Chittagong will get another scanner to go with its current four.
The disclosure came at a programme at the National Board of Revenue, where keys of the mobile container scanners were handed over to the commissioners of four customs houses.
The mobile container scanners were procured under a Tk 117 crore project, with 80 percent of the finance coming from China as grant, said the NBR.
“It is a one step forward. The scanners will increase the NBR's capacity. These will increase our speed of work and enable customs to provide better services to the clients," said MA Mannan, state minister for finance, at the event.
Chinese Ambassador Ma Mingqiang, who was present at the programme, said the scanners will help increase efficiency in container processing and enhance the capacity of ports. The NBR said the installation of the container scanners will reduce the clearance time and facilitate trade.
"It will also ensure trade security and more importantly state security," said NBR Chairman Md Nojibur Rahman.
Commissioners of the customs houses said the installation of the scanners will allow them to examine and clear goods faster.
Hossain Ahmed, project director of the scheme to procure the container scanners, said each scanner will be able to scan 15-20 containers an hour. As a result, it will be possible to examine 200 containers a day, he said. He hopes the businesses will be
able to enjoy the benefits of the scanners within the three months.
Commissioner of Chittagong Customs House Hossain Ahmed said the scanners have a deterrent effect on the motive of false declaration.
They can also detect special nuclear materials and reduces congestion at port, he said, while citing the impact of installation of scanners at the Chittagong port.
Per person revenue productivity has increased due to use of scanner for inspection, according to Ahmed.
He suggested for more scanners particularly at the Chittagong port and deployment of more officials to facilitate trade faster.