India on Friday banned imports of certain jute products and woven fabrics from Bangladesh through all land routes amid strained relations between the two countries.
India on Friday banned imports of certain jute products and woven fabrics from Bangladesh through all land routes amid strained relations between the two countries.
However, imports are allowed only through Nhava Sheva seaport in Maharashtra, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification.
The goods under these curbs include jute products, flax tow and waste, jute and other bast fibres, jute, single flax yarn, single yarn of jute, multiple folded, woven fabrics or flex, and unbleached woven fabrics of jute.
Such port restrictions will not apply to Bangladeshi goods transiting through India to Nepal and Bhutan, it added.
It further said re-exports of these products from Bangladesh to India through Nepal and Bhutan will not be allowed.
“Import from Bangladesh shall not be allowed from any land port on the India-Bangladesh border. However, it is allowed only through Nhava Sheva seaport,” the DGFT said, adding that “imports of certain goods from Bangladesh to India are regulated with immediate effect”.
Earlier in April and May, India announced similar curbs on imports from Bangladesh.
On May 17, India imposed port restrictions on the import of certain goods like readymade garments and processed food items, from the neighbouring country.
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