Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed proposed a full withdrawal of import duties on 110 of these products. "In addition, supplementary duties on 9 products are proposed to be fully withdrawn, while those on 442 products are proposed to be reduced. The budget proposal also includes zero import duty on certain weapons such as rifles, howitzers, mortars, rocket launchers, flamethrowers, grenade launchers, and torpedo tubes. These items previously carried a 5 percent import duty in the outgoing fiscal year. To offset the trade imbalance, Bangladesh has already waived import duties on 190 US products.
