SD Circular Letter No. 01: Instructions to follow the revised Unit Code lists (Code-9) for Reporting Merchandised Export/Import in Foreign Exchange Transactions

Statistics Department
Bangladesh Bank
Head Office, Dhaka.
Ref. No. 14.00.0000.001.01.001.17-164
14 November, 2017

SD Circular Letter No. 01
Date: 30 Kartik, 1424

To the Head Office / Principal Office of all Approved Dealers/Banks engaged in Foreign Exchange Transactions.

Dear Sir,

Reference is invited to "Instructions to follow the revised Unit Code lists (Code-9) for Reporting Merchandised Export/Import in Foreign Exchange Transactions" under the "Foreign Exchange Regulation (2012)" of "FE-9".

In order to improve the quality of data required for the compilation of the Balance of Payments (BOP) and to eliminate inconsistencies in the unit of measurement and quantity of merchandised transactions in the context of reporting import/export, all approved dealer banks are advised to correctly report the unit of measurement and quantity (number) of merchandised transactions against the respective "Unit Code" of the revised FE-9 (attached) based on the "Standard International Trade Classification" (SITC) from January 2018 onwards on all schedule hard copies/soft copies related to import/export.

All parties are requested to inform themselves regarding the subject matter of this circular letter.

Yours faithfully,

Attachment: As per list.
(Md. Saiful Islam)
Deputy General Manager
Phone: 9530535

Revised Unit Code of FE-9. FE-9

Sr. No.	Code	Description	Unit Code	Qty	Unit	Sr. No.	Code	Description	Unit Code	Qty	Unit
1				1000	Nos	26				56	Nos
2				2	Nos	27				52	Nos
3				25	Nos	28				31	Nos
4				43	Nos	29				64	Nos
5				64	Nos	30				19	Nos
6				19	Nos	31				40	Nos
7				40	Nos	32				37	Nos