Category

: Registration

Renewal Frequency of the Registration

: Annual  

Issuing Ministry 

: Ministry of Commerce  

Incumbent Office

Name: Export Promotion Bureau

Address: TCB Bhaban, 1, Kawran Bazar (2^nd and 4^th Floor)

Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh

Phone: +88-02-9144821-24, +88-02-8180084

+88-02-8180087, +88-02-8180090, +88-02-8180095

Fax: +88-02-9119531

Email: info@epb.gov.bd

Website: www.epb.gov.bd

Required Documents

Remarks

1. Application through EPB’s prescribed Form  

2. Copy of Valid Trade License

Attested by First Class Gazette Officer 

3. Pay order in favor of EPB

Original; of worth BDT 2,000

4. Passport size photographs  

Two copies; attested by a First Class Gazetted Officer

5. Copy of renewed Bounded Warehouse license

Attested by duly authorized person

6. Copy of registration investment with Board of Investment  

Attested by duly authorized person

7. Copy of renewed Fire Service License

Attested by duly authorized person

8. Copy of paper-proof of fire

Attested by duly authorized person

9. Copy of Tax Identification Number

Attested by duly authorized person

10. Copy of VAT certificate

Attested by duly authorized person

11. Membership Certificate form BGMEA/BKMEA/BSTMPIA/BTTLMEA and such other associations

Attested by duly authorized person

12. Copy of renewed Export Registration Certificate (ERC)

Attested by duly authorized person

13. Copy of Articles of Association and Memorandum of Association

Required if the business is Company

14. Approved Building layout plan and structural design from concern govt. authority

Required, if necessary; attested by a First Class Gazetted Officer

15. Copy of paper-proof of Group Insurance for the workers employed in the factory

Attested by duly authorized person

Process Steps

Step 1

Collecting the prescribed Application Form from the EPB office

Step 2

Payment of scheduled fees

Step 3

Submission of filled-in Application Form along with necessary documents

Step 4

Inspection of the business establishment by the concerned officials from the EPB

Step 5

Reporting on the inspection by the officials

Step 6

Obtaining the registration from the concerned office (If the report gives a satisfactory rating)

Required Documents

Remarks

1. Application through EPB’s prescribed Form 

2. Copy of Valid Trade License

Attested by First Class Gazette Officer 

3. Pay order in favor of EPB

Original; of worth BDT 1,500

(Check if it’s most updated)

4. Passport size photographs 

Two copies; attested by a First Class Gazetted Officer

5. Copy of renewed Bounded Warehouse license

Attested by duly authorized person

6. Copy of renewed Fire Service License   

Attested by duly authorized person

7. Copy of renewed Export Registration Certificate (ERC)

Attested by duly authorized person

8. Approved Building layout plan and structural design from concern govt. authority

Required, if necessary; attested by a First Class Gazetted Officer

9. Copy of paper-proof of Group Insurance for the workers employed in the factory

Attested by duly authorized person

10. Membership Certificate form BGMEA/BKMEA/BSTMPIA/BTTLMEA and such other associations

Attested by duly authorized person

Process Steps

Step 1

Collecting the prescribed Application Form from the EPB office

Step 2

Payment of scheduled fees

Step 3

Submission of filled-in Application Form along with necessary documents

Step 4

Obtaining the registration from the concerned office (If the report gives a satisfactory rating)

Process Steps

Step 1

Payment of the license renewal fee by the applicant

Step 2

Submission of the renewal application, along with necessary documents, to the CBC office

Step 3

Evaluation of the previous term of the applicant

Step 4

Renewal of license from the CBC office

General Information

Legal Basis of the License

The Export Promotion Bureau Ordinance, 1977

The Export Policy, 2012-2015

The Nature of the License

General

Territorial Scope of the License

National

Eligibility Criteria to obtain the registration

Trade License/Business Entity 

Information availability

Written Procedures are easily accessible by the public in the EPB website

Form is not available in EPB website.