Chittagong Port’s profit to 5-year high
Chattogram Bureau :
Chittagong Port has recorded a net profit of Tk 3,143 crore in 2025, the highest in the past five years.
In Previous year, CPA deposited 1,804.47 crore taka in tax, VAT and non-tax income to the government treasury which is 5.41 percent higher than 2024.
Along with the increase in revenue income, the amount of money deposited by the CPA to the state treasury is also increasing every year.
The port has shown great success in both revenue income and revenue growth. In the five years 2021-25, the port’s revenue income has grown by an average of 13.08 percent. At the same time, the revenue surplus has grown by an average of 18.42 percent.
This success has come by reducing unnecessary expenses while maintaining the quality of service.
CPA has been able to keep the growth of revenue expenditure in single digits for the last two years as it strictly follows the policy of stopping unnecessary expenses.
CPA has maintained the average growth rate of revenue expenditure at 7.59 percent until 2021-25.
In addition, the CPA has deposited 7,580 crore 20 lakh taka in the last five years in VAT, tax and non-tax revenue (NTR). In 2024, the port deposited 1,711 crore 75 lakh taka in the state treasury.
In 2023, 1,519 crore 35 lakh taka, in 2022, 1,359 crore 59 lakh taka and in 2021, 1,185 crore 4 lakh taka were provided to the government treasury.
In 2025, the port authority earned 5,460 crore 18 lakh taka in revenue. At the same time, the revenue expenditure was 2,317 crore 50 lakh taka.
That is, the port authority’s surplus revenue in the year was 3,142 crore 68 lakh taka, which is the highest in the last five years.
As a result of reducing unnecessary expenses, the CPA had a large surplus of 2,923 crore 17 lakh taka in 2024 as well.
Considering the growth in revenue, 2024 was the best time for the Port Authority. The revenue growth in the year was 21.88 percent.
In 2025, revenue income increased by 7.55 percent compared to the previous year.
In addition, the port saw a growth of 16.69 percent in revenue income in 2023 and 6.18 percent in 2022. In 2025, the organization's revenue expenditure growth was 7.61 percent.
In the previous year, i.e. 2024, the port authority was able to limit the expenditure growth rate to 6.50 percent. Although the expenditure growth rate reached double digits in 2023 and that year, the CPA.
In the last five years, the port authority has deposited 7,580 crore 20 lakh taka to the state treasury.
Of this, the most money was deposited as taxes, which amounted to 3,553 crore 8 lakh taka. In addition, it deposited 3,427 crore 12 lakh taka as value added tax (VAT).
