After being in the news recently for reported delays in delivery of imported raw materials due to heightened security measures, Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport has grabbed headlines once again, and this time it is for alleged “inefficient air cargo and parcel handling” that has reportedly hit the country’s foreign trade hard!
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“We usually import accessories of our garment items and product samples through air. But sometimes we receive those goods even after one to two weeks due to lack of logistics and facilities at the Dhaka airport,” former President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Atiqul Islam reportedly told a daily newspaper, adding, “The Shahjalal International Airport showcases Bangladesh. If it fails to handle passengers, cargos, parcels or any other things properly, it will carry a bad message to the world. And this message will affect Bangladesh’s business.”
The ex-President of BGMEA reportedly also urged the Government to simplify the clearance of cargos, parcels and documents by improving necessary infrastructure, automation, customs procedures and clearance system at the airport for betterment of the country’s export and import business.
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Officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), the Biman Bangladesh Airlines and the Customs have also reportedly maintained that the airport lacks both manpower and equipment and other logistics to clear goods, parcels and documents in time while the cargo and express operators of the country have put the blame on the ground handling agents of Bangladesh Biman, who they said usually keeps documents and parcels in open space due to inadequate facilities and warehouses resulting in damages due to rain and parcels and documents going missing.
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