India Curbs Jute and Derivative Imports from Bangladesh

India has imposed port restrictions on the import of jute and several of its derivatives from Bangladesh, with immediate effect, an official from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said.

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The restrictions have been put on flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock); jute and other textile bast fibers, raw or retted; jute (excluding flax, true hemp, and ramie); single flax yarn; single yarn of jute or other textile bast fibers; multiple folded; woven fabrics or flax; and unbleached woven fabrics of jute or other textile-based fibers.

Import of such items from Bangladesh shall not be allowed from any land port on the India-Bangladesh border, DGFT said. However, it is allowed only through Nhava Sheva seaport in Mumbai.

According to a DGFT notification dated June 27, these restrictions will not apply to Bangladeshi exports to Nepal and Bhutan transiting through India. But, re-export of such Bangladeshi goods to India from Nepal or Bhutan will not be allowed, DGFT added.