Strained ties with Dhaka, close proximity with China behind ban on jute imports from Bangladesh: DGFT

Delhi’s strained ties with Dhaka and the growing proximity between its interim government and Beijing, common malpractices by Bangladesh exporters including circumvention of anti-dumping duty (ADD) through technical exemptions, and influx of cheap, subsidised imports harming Indian farmers are the reasons cited by The Directorate General of Foreign Trade  (DGFT ) for India’s  ban import of jute products and woven fabrics from Bangladesh through all land routes.

India recently banned import of certain jute products and woven fabrics from Bangladesh through all land routes, permitting entry only through the Nhava Sheva seaport in Maharashtra. In a notification, DGFT said,  that such port restrictions would not apply to Bangladeshi goods transiting through India to Nepal and Bhutan.

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.