Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has made the use of the Customs Bond Management System (CBMS) compulsory for all bonded warehouse licence-holding export-oriented industries from January 1, 2026, requiring businesses to obtain Utilisation Permission (UP) exclusively through digital submission.

In a press release issued on Monday, NBR said a circular has been issued making CBMS mandatory for all UP-related services.

From the effective date, bonded entities will no longer receive UP services through manual or alternative channels.

Introduced on January 1, 2025, the CBMS platform was designed to modernise Bangladesh's bond management operations by enhancing transparency, accountability and automation across the workflo...