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About the Ministry of Commerce
The Ministry of Commerce, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is mainly entrusted with the responsibility of dealing over all trade and commerce of Bangladesh. A brief presentation about the ministry is given below:
Allocation of Business
•Import Policy formulation
•Export Policy formulation and export promotion
•Price Control
•State Trading
•Companies Act, Partnership Act, Societies and Trade Organization Ordinance and Law of Insurance
•Promotion and regulation of internal commerce and insurance
•Commodity issues
•Tariff policy
•World Trade Organization and International Trade Organizations
•Administration of 19 Commercial Wings of Bangladesh Missions abroad
•Administration of BCS Trade Cadre
•Liaison with international organizations and world bodies related to treaties and agreements
•Administration of sub-ordinate offices and organizations under MOC.
Wings/Cells in the Ministry of Commerce
•Administration Wing
•Foreign Trade Agreement (FTA) Wing
•Export Wing
•Insurance and Internal Trade (IIT) Wing
•World Trade Organization (WTO) Cell
•Planning Cell
•Textile Cell and
•Director Trade Organizations (DTO)
Organizations under Ministry of Commerce
1. Export Promotion Bureau (EPB)
2. Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC)
3. Department of Insurance
4.Office of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports (CCI&E)
5. Bangladesh Tea Board
6. Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms
7. Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB)
8. Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC)
9. Jiban Bima Corporation (JBC)
10.Bangladesh Insurance Academy
11. Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB)
12.Institutef Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB);and
13.Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI)
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Some Useful Links
1. Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh
(www.bangladesh.gov.bd)
2. Export Promotion Bureau
(www.epb.gov.bd)
3. Bangladesh Tariff Commission
(www.btariffcom.org)
4. Bangladesh Tea Board
(www.teaboard.gov.bd)
5. Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms
(www.roc.gov.bd)
6. Trading Corporation of Bangladesh
(www.tcb.gov.bd)
7. Sadharan Bima Corporation
(www.sbc.gov.bd)
8. Bangladesh Insurance Academy
(www.bia.gov.bd)
9. Institute of Cost and Management Accounts of Bangladesh
(www.icmab.org.bd)
10.Institute of Chartered Accounts of Bangladesh
( www.icab-bd.org)
11.Bangladesh Bank
(www.bangladesh-bank.org)
12. Board of Investment (BOI)
(www.boi.gov.bd)
13. National Board of Revenue
(www.nbr-bd.org)
14.Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industries
(www.fbcci-bd.org) | 
