Underlining that Chittagong Port, very often, faces severe congestion for the delay in releasing goods, eventually increasing the cost of doing business for the users, the Bangladesh Business Climate Index (BBX) report — the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and the Policy Exchange, Bangladesh (PEB) had jointly prepared and introduced the country’s first such index to measure business climate — which was launched recently maintained as many as 39 approvals were needed to release goods from the port.
Taking part in the event to launch the report, Syed Nasim Manzur, who is the Managing Director of Apex Footwear Ltd., as well as the former President of the MCCI, reportedly, termed the need to obtain 39 approvals from Government agencies as challenging even as he called for making rules easier for everyone while adding businesses also faced higher costs during importing and exporting goods through Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
The Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport was recently in media reports after it was, reportedly, overwhelmed by rising exports of apparels, thereby causing delays with adverse business implications for the apparel exporters.
Meanwhile, Chairperson of the Business Initiative Leading Development, Abul Kasem Khan, reportedly, wanted to know what measures had been taken to make the One-Stop Service Centre functional.
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