Big development: DGFT imposes port restrictions on Bangladesh
India however to allow Bangladesh goods destined for Nepal and Bhutan
Source: PIB Edited By: IH News Desk
GLOBAL, May 17, 2025: The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Saturday imposed port restrictions on the import of certain goods such as readymade garments, processed food items from Bangladesh to India. However, such said port restriction will not apply to Bangladesh goods transiting through India but destined for Nepal and Bhutan.
The directive issued via a notification May 17 detailed the port restrictions that has come into effect immediately.
Importing of all kinds of ready-made garments from Bangladesh shall not be allowed from any land port. However, it is allowed only through Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports.
Imports of Fruit flavored and Carbonated Drinks; Processed food items; Cotton and Cotton Yarn Waste; Plastic and PVC finished goods, except pigments, dyes, plasticizers and granules that form input for own industries; and Wooden Furniture, shall not be allowed through any Land Customs Stations (LCSs) and Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram besides LCS Changrabandha and Fulbari in West Bengal.
The port restrictions do not apply to the import of fish, LPG, Edible Oil and crushed stone from Bangladesh.
Official said the detailed notification is available on the DGFT website at https://dgft.gov.in