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Shipping to Bangladesh: what is not allowed

Bangladesh stacks customs duty, supplementary duty, VAT and advance taxes on courier imports; on clothing and cosmetics the total can exceed 100% of the value. No duty-free allowance is published.

Not accepted for Bangladesh

  • Pork and pork products
  • Poppy seeds and cannabis
  • Used or reconditioned electronics, including old phones and computers
  • Obscene or subversive publications and material offensive to religious sentiment, including religious inscriptions on goods or packaging
  • Maps that misrepresent Bangladesh's boundaries
  • Polythene bags

Allowed, with conditions

  • Medicines — allowed with a prescription, taxed at about 31%
  • Cosmetics, skin and hair care — allowed but taxed at 127% to 183%
  • Garments — allowed but taxed at about 127%

Dhaka Custom House publishes courier tax incidence by item: mobile 58%, laptop 31%, medicine 31%, garments 127%, cosmetics 127%, perfume 146%, skin care 157%, hair care 183%.

No duty-free allowance is published for courier parcels. The recipient pays before delivery.

Quick answers: shipping from India to Bangladesh

What can I not send from India to Bangladesh?

Bangladesh does not accept: pork and pork products; poppy seeds and cannabis; used or reconditioned electronics, including old phones and computers; obscene or subversive publications and material offensive to religious sentiment, including religious inscriptions on goods or packaging; maps that misrepresent Bangladesh's boundaries; polythene bags. On every route, we also cannot carry anything with a battery, mobile phones and laptops, real gold, silver or diamond jewellery, or anything flammable or pressurised such as perfume, aerosols and nail polish.

Can I send medicines from India to Bangladesh?

Yes, within limits: medicines — allowed with a prescription, taxed at about 31%. Controlled and psychotropic medicines need clearance first, so ask us before you order them.

How long does a parcel from India to Bangladesh take?

Normal transit on this route is 4 to 6 business days from our warehouse in Kerala.

Will I pay customs duty or tax in Bangladesh?

Dhaka Custom House publishes courier tax incidence by item: mobile 58%, laptop 31%, medicine 31%, garments 127%, cosmetics 127%, perfume 146%, skin care 157%, hair care 183%. No duty-free allowance is published for courier parcels. The recipient pays before delivery.

Never accepted, wherever you are

These are refused by the airlines, by Indian export rules or by us, so they cannot leave our warehouse for any destination.

Prohibited, restricted and dangerous goods, in one line each. Prohibited means it cannot be sent at all. Restricted means it can travel, but only under conditions your country sets, such as a personal quantity, a prescription or a declaration; those are listed under each destination. Dangerous goods are what airlines treat as a hazard on board: anything flammable, corrosive or pressurised. We also cannot ship anything with a battery, or anything that burns, such as agarbatti and camphor.

  • Cash, currency, cheques, bullion, and loose precious stones
  • Narcotics, illegal drugs, and psychotropic substances
  • Firearms, ammunition, explosives, fireworks, and weapons (including replicas)
  • Anything with a battery, including power banks, battery-operated toys and watches
  • Mobile phones and laptops
  • Real gold, silver and diamond jewellery
  • Flammable, corrosive, or pressurised goods — perfumes/deodorant sprays, aerosols, nail polish and remover, paints, thinners, fuel, gas cylinders, lighters, and matches
  • Anything that burns: agarbatti (incense sticks), dhoop, camphor, sambrani and candles
  • Live animals, plants, seeds, soil, and products of endangered species (CITES)
  • Pornographic, obscene, or seditious material
  • Counterfeit goods and pirated media
  • Human remains, biological samples, and infectious substances
  • Radioactive and toxic substances

Medicines and supplements are the one thing to check before you order. They are not banned — almost every destination lets a personal quantity through in its original packaging with a copy of the prescription. What changes from country to country is how much counts as personal, whose name the prescription has to be in, and which ingredients need clearance from that country's health authority first.

The rule for Bangladesh is under Allowed, with conditions above. Controlled and psychotropic medicines are a separate case: several countries want their own health authority to clear the parcel first, so check with us before you order rather than after it arrives with us.

If you are not sure about something, ask on WhatsApp before you order it.

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