Duty Dodging at CTG Port: Tricks not so secret
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, four expatriates returned from Saudi Arabia by air on November 29 last year.
Under their names, 2,500kg of various used goods were brought in as unaccompanied baggage through the Chattogram Port.
A clearing and forwarding (C&F) agent then released the goods showing only 1,200kg from the port in four separate consignments on December 2, thus evading tax for the undeclared 1,300kg.
This is one of the instances where dishonest importers and C&F agents, with the help of some senior customs officials, concealed more than half the weight of goods in consignments imported as unaccompanied baggage in the name of expatriates to evade customs duties.