The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Saturday announced new port restrictions on the import of select goods from Bangladesh, effective immediately.

According to the notification, the import of ready-made garments from Bangladesh will now be allowed only through Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports, and not via any land ports.

Additionally, other categories of goods including processed food items, fruit and fruit-flavoured or carbonated drinks, cotton and cotton yarn waste, plastic and PVC finished goods (excluding raw inputs such as pigments, dyes, plasticisers, and granules), and wooden furniture have also been brought under specific port restrictions.
These items cannot be imported through Land Customs Stations (LCSs) or Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) located in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, as well as through Changrabandha and Fulbari LCSs in West Bengal.

Earlier last month, the government has terminated the transshipment facility that allowed export cargo from Bangladesh to third countries using Indian land customs stations en route to ports and airports.

Indian exporters, mainly from the apparel sector, had earlier urged the government to withdraw this facility to the neighbouring country.