Bangladesh’s concern over India’s restrictions on jute imports conveyed to New Delhi, says Indian envoy

Indian High Commission in Bangladesh has conveyed Dhaka’s concerns over the restrictions India imposed on jute imports to New Delhi.

High Commissioner Pankaj Saran on Monday said Bangladesh authorities expressed their concerns over the decision.

“We conveyed it to Delhi. I don’t have full details about the issue. I’ll get back to the Bangladesh government after getting details from Delhi,” he said replying to a question.

Saran was delivering a lecture on the recent developments in Dhaka-New Delhi relations against the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s June visit, and its prospects at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS).

He characterised the relations now as “an active, dynamic and wide ranging”, which he said were marked by “goodwill and a problem solving approach”.

India imposed tougher restrictions for its jute importers which halted exports from Bangladesh.

After getting a circular from the country’s Jute Commissioner’s Office on Saturday, Petrapole port authorities did not clear any truck laden with jute products to enter India through Bangladesh’s Benapole port.

Assistant Revenue Officer of Customs at Benapole Aminul Islam told bdnews24.com that Bangladesh authorities were yet to receive copy of any such order.

Meanwhile, more than 100 trucks loaded with jute and jute products were stranded at Benapole on Sunday.