FEOD Circular No. 01: Reporting of information from Commercial Invoice and other relevant documents through Online Import Monitoring System

Foreign Exchange Operation Department
Bangladesh Bank
Head Office
Dhaka www.bb.org.bd
FEOD Circular No-01 Date: 15 October 2025

All Authorized Dealers in
Foreign Exchange in Bangladesh
Dear Sir,
Reporting of information from Commercial Invoice and other relevant documents through Online Import Monitoring System. Authorized Dealers (ADs) are reporting import transaction and information in Online Import Monitoring System (OIMS) of Bangladesh Bank. To facilitate import OIMS has been integrated with designated Online Systems of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) through Application Programming Interface (API).
02. For further ease in import trade process, it has been decided to introduce a new
reporting tab titled ÔCommercial Invoice’ in the OIMS, under which ADs are required to report information from commercial invoice and other relevant documents. In this context, ADs are advised to report those information following the procedures uploaded in Documents>Other Documents/Guidelines>Commercial Invoice Data Entry/Upload Manual of OIMS.
03. This circular is issued under Section 20 (3) of Foreign Exchange Regulation
Act, 1947 and Section 45 (1) (Gha) of Bank Company Act, 1991, and will be effective from 01 November, 2025.
04. Please bring the above instructions to the notice of your concerned clientele.
Yours Faithfully,
(Kamal Hossain)
Director (FEOD)
Phone: 9530127