India restricts jute, woven fabric, yarn import from Bangladesh

New Delhi: India on Friday restricted the imports of jute, woven fabrics and yarns from Bangladesh from any land port on the border.

“Import from Bangladesh shall not be allowed from any land port on India-Bangladesh border. However, it is allowed only through Nhava Sheva seaport…Import of certain goods from Bangladesh to India are regulated with immediate effect,” the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said in a notification.

In May, India had imposed port restrictions on import of certain products such as readymade garments and processed food from Bangladesh.


Friday’s regulation is on items such as flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock), jute and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted, jute excluding flax, true hemp and ramie, single flax yarn, single yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibers; multiple folded, woven fabrics or flax, and unbleached woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibers.

As per the notification, the trade restrictions will not apply to Bangladesh exports to Nepal and Bhutan transiting through India. However, re-export of these goods will not be allowed.