DHAKA: Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed informed the Parliament that no gold has been imported in the country on a commercial basis through legal means in past five years.

The minister made the disclosure on Wednesday in response to a question, tabled in the 10th Jatiya Sangsad, by MA Hannan MP.

He said that according to the existing Foreign Exchange Regulation Act -1947, there is an opportunity to import gold on a commercial basis with prior approval of Bangladesh Bank.

According to the minister, no body applied to the central bank for importing gold on a commercial basis over the past five years.

So during the period, any kind of gold was not imported on a commercial basis in a legitimate way, Tofail repeated.

The government has not received any type of revenue from gold importation at the time, he added.

BDST: 1429 HRS, JUN 24, 2015
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