Bangladesh Bank (BB) has allowed the authorised dealer banks to retain export proceeds received in advance in dollar for 30 days for settling payment for the materials imported by the exporters under back to back letter of credits (LCs).
After that period, the banks will convert the foreign currency into taka and transfer it to the exporters' accounts, reports BSS citing a circular issued on Monday.
Earlier, the banks converted the foreign buyers' advance payments into Taka and transferred them to the exporters' accounts. Then the exporters had to convert the money again into dollars for importing materials needed for production.