New Delhi:
India on Saturday decided to allow the entry of clothing prepared from Bangladesh not only from Kolkata and Nhawa Sheva C ports and stopped the import of a series of consumer goods through land transit positions in the Northeast-a step that is determined to significantly hit the trade of Dhaka with New Delhi.
A late evening, the government notification said that imports of clothes prepared from Bangladesh will not be allowed to enter India through any land ports.
तैयार किए गए वस्त्र, प्लास्टिक, लकड़ी के फर्नीचर, कार्बोनेटेड पेय, प्रसंस्कृत खाद्य पदार्थ, फलों के स्वाद वाले पेय, कपास और कपास यार्ड कचरे के अलावा, पश्चिम बंगाल में मेघालय, असम, त्रिपुरा और मिज़ोरम और फुलबरी और फुलबरी और चंजरबंध में भूमि सीमा शुल्क स्टेशनों के माध्यम से भारत में प्रवेश करने की अनुमति नहीं दी जाएगी।
New sanctions for Bangladeshi consumer goods were given more than five weeks when New Delhi abolished the system of about five years old for trans-showing of Bangladeshi export cargo in third countries through Indian airports and ports.
The new sanctions have been imposed with immediate effect.
India’s latest ban on limiting access to Bangladeshi exports appears to be in response to Dhaka, which denies some value -added goods from the Northeast to enter the country through land transit points.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina participated in front of a large -scale anti -government opposition in August last year after growing time in overall relations after friction in trade relations between the two countries.
Notification on restrictions on Bangladeshi imports has been issued by the Director General of External Affairs.
Bangladesh is a major global exporter of readymade clothing, and its export price in the region was estimated at USD 38 billion in 2023.
Its annual RMG exports to India enter India through about 700 million USD and 93 percent RMG shipment land ports.
The notification states that the ban will not apply to the imports of fish, LPG, edible oil and crushed stone from Bangladesh.
The ban on exports of Bangladesh to Nepal and Bhutan through India will also not apply.
There are 11 land transit points in the Northeast for trade between India and Bangladesh. Three of them are in Assam, two in Meghalaya and six in Tripura.
India had previously allowed export of goods from Bangladesh through all land trade points and ports without any restrictions.
However, Bangladesh continued to ban the port on Indian exports on the border of the Northeastern region in the Land Customs Stations (LCS) and the Integrated Check Post (ICP), said by people familiar with the matter.
India raised the issue with Dhaka but there was no positive response.
In addition, the yarn exports of land-ports from India have been stopped by Bangladesh from 13 April.
Those above said that Indian exports are subject to strict inspection on entry into exports, and in addition to existing sanctions, exports of Indian rice through HILI and Benapol ICPS from April 15 are not allowed.
Industrial development in northeast states was due to implementation of people, “unfairly high” and “economically unacceptable” transit allegations were implemented by Bangladesh.
As a result of Bangladesh’s approach, the Indian Hinterland was denied access to the Northeast, he said.
Due to land-port restrictions by Bangladesh, the northeastern states suffer from lack of access to Bangladesh market to sell locally manufactured goods, only restricted market access to primary agricultural commodities, people said.
On the other hand, Bangladesh has free access throughout the Northeast market, which enhances an unhealthy dependence and development of manufacturing in the north-eastern states, he said.
He said that to promote ‘self -reliance India’ and support local construction in northeastern states, it is understood that India has decided to ban all LCS and ICP in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
The Indo-Bangladesh relations have declined a sharp decline after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina escaped from Dhaka and took refuge in India due to large-scale anti-government protests in India in August last year.
The interim government under the chairmanship of Muhammad Yunus was dramatically dramatically after the interim government failed to incorporate attacks on minorities, especially Hindus.
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