Overview

• A June 27 DGFT notification bars imports of specified jute products and yarns via any India–Bangladesh land port, allowing entry only at Mumbai’s Nhava Sheva seaport.
• The restricted list covers flax tow and waste, raw or retted jute and other bast fibres, single and multiple folded jute yarns, and unbleached woven jute fabrics.
• Bangladeshi consignments transiting through India to Nepal and Bhutan remain exempt, but re-export of these goods back into India is expressly forbidden.
• This move follows April’s withdrawal of Bangladesh’s transshipment facility and May’s seaport-only curbs on garments, marking an escalation of reciprocal trade measures.
• Indian officials cite unfair subsidies and dumping of jute from Bangladesh as having depressed domestic prices and harmed farmers and mill workers.