For Bangladeshis abroad

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

What are you bringing?
Estimated duty
Tk 0approx. $0.00

this trip · once per calendar year

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.

Printable summary
● Rules verified 24 Aug 2026SRO 261-Act/2025/71/Customs (2 Jun 2025) via NBR/HSIA · SRO 312-Law/2025/102/Customs (2 Jul 2025) · Baggage (Import) Rules, NBR · HCCH Apostille Convention status table (Bangladesh in force 30 Mar 2025)

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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 Whether the earlier Tk 5,000/10,000/25,000 slabs were formally repealed is NOT confirmed from the SRO text.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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