Customs & bringing things
Gold, phones, TV, cash limits, gifts, prohibited items, the green/red channel.
Calculate my duty →- How much gold can I bring to Bangladesh from the USA?Gold bar and jewellery limits for travellers arriving at Dhaka: 117 g of bars a year at Tk 5,000 per tola, plus 100 g of worn jewellery duty-free.
- Bringing a new phone to Bangladesh — what will I owe?One new phone a year is duty-free (two with a BMET card), and two used handsets travel free. The old Tk 5,000/10,000/25,000 slabs were abolished in July 2025.
- Cash limit at Dhaka airport — when must I declare?You may carry up to USD 10,000 or equivalent without declaring it. Above that you must declare on the FMJ form — declaring is free, not declaring is the offence.
- Duty-free baggage allowance for Bangladesh (65 kg)Accompanied baggage up to 65 kg comes in duty-free, or 40 kg for a traveller under 12. The weight allowance is separate from the item allowances.
- Dhaka airport green vs red channel — a walkthroughWhich customs channel to use at Hazrat Shahjalal, what happens in each, and why declaring something duty-free costs you far less than not declaring something dutiable.
- What you must declare at Bangladesh customsA single checklist of everything that needs declaring on arrival at Dhaka — gold, phones, cash, and the allowances that decide each one.
- Prohibited and restricted items for BangladeshThe difference between what may not enter Bangladesh at all and what needs a permit — and why this page deliberately does not publish a full list.
- Bringing a TV to Bangladesh — duty by screen sizeTelevision duty is banded by screen size under the NBR tariff. We have not transcribed the current band table, so this page explains the structure without publishing a figure.
- Gifts you carry to Bangladesh — do the allowances change?No. An item you are giving away is assessed exactly like an item you are keeping, and quantity is what usually moves gifts out of the personal-effects category.
- Customs duty on gifts sent to Bangladesh by courierPosting a parcel is not the same as carrying it. Baggage allowances do not apply to unaccompanied goods, and the recipient becomes the importer.
- Laptops and personal electronics — what comes in free?Ordinary personal electronics travel with you as personal effects. The questions that actually matter are quantity, newness, and whether the item is restricted.
- BMET card holders — what extra allowance do you get?A BMET or expat card doubles the new-phone allowance from one to two per calendar year. It does not change the gold, cash, or baggage allowances.