Customs Duty Calculator
A free calculator for gold, phones, cash and baggage — built on the 2025 SRO rules and re-verified every budget cycle.
Customs Duty Calculator
Traveller-facing · current rules
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this trip · once per calendar year
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Enter what you are bringing and the duty appears here.
The USD figure is indicative only — the rate is not part of the rules and moves daily.
The pound-to-dollar rate is indicative only and moves daily — it is not part of the rules. The threshold is USD 10,000 or the equivalent, and the equivalence is assessed by Customs on arrival.
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Sources
- Gold bars
- SRO 261-Act/2025/71/Customs (2 Jun 2025), via NBR/HSIAMaximum 117 g or 10 tola per calendar year. Duty Tk 5,000 per 11.664 g (one tola). NBR states 117 g and 10 tola as equivalent; they differ by 0.36 g, and duty is charged per tola, so 10 tola is the effective ceiling.
- Gold jewellery
- Baggage (Import) Rules, NBRWorn ornaments up to 100 g, and not more than 12 of the same type of ornament.
- New phones
- SRO 312 (Jul 2025)One new handset per calendar year duty-free; two for a BMET cardholder. Whether the earlier Tk 5,000/10,000/25,000 slabs were formally repealed is NOT confirmed from the SRO text.
- Used phones
- Baggage (Import) Rules, NBRTwo used handsets accompany a passenger duty-free.
- Cash (USD)
- Bangladesh Bank / NBR declaration rulesAmounts above USD 10,000 (or equivalent) must be declared on the FMJ form.
- Baggage weight
- Baggage (Import) Rules, NBRThe 65 kg / 40 kg allowance appears only in secondary sources; it is not stated on the NBR/HSIA customs page. Treated as unverified until located in the Baggage Rules text.Not yet verified
- Television
- NBR First Schedule, Chapter 98Duty is slabbed by screen size. The slab table has NOT been transcribed from the primary source, so no figure is published here. Do not estimate.Not yet verified
Rules verified 24 Aug 2026 ·Re-checked every June budget cycle.
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