Apply In Person

1. To Apply for Country-of-Origin Certificate, the applicant has to approach the Ministry of Commerce link
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer.
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form. (Incomplete applications are not accepted)
4. Make sure that the applicant has attached all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant has to attach photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting it.
6. Submit all the documents with the completed form to the concerned officer.
7. The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as requested by the authority.
8. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
9. An acknowledgment receipt will be provided. Please save it for future reference.
10. Then the application will be processed further. All the updates on the application status will be sent via SMS to the applicant’s mobile number.
11. Once the process gets completed, the applicant gets a call from the office regarding the application.
12. This entire process can be completed within 3- 4 weeks or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

• Application form
• Copy of EXP of Bangladesh Bank
• Copy of Bill of Lading
• Copy of Shipping bill
• Copy of Commercial Invoice
• Copy of Package List
• Copy of Short Shipment Certificate (To be submitted, if required)
• Copy of Freight Certificate (To be submitted, if required)
• Treasury Challan

Ministry of Commerce
Address: 1, Kawran Bazar (2nd, 4th & 9th Floor), Dhaka 1215.
Phone: +88-02-55101006
Fax: +88 02 9540213
Email: secy@mincom.gov.bd
Contact link

• Any person who intends to Apply for a Country of Origin Certificate is eligible to make this application.

• The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as per the authority’s request.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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• This entire process can be completed within 3- 4 weeks or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Applicants must complete the application form before submitting it. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicants must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Name
• Address
• Nationality
• Date of birth
• Signature
• Destination
• Contact number
• Email id
• Date
• Signature
• Goods’ details

• A certificate regarding “country of origin” issued by the concerned Government agency, approved authority, or organization of the exporting country must be submitted, along with import documents to the Customs Authority at the time of the release of goods.

Link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Link

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