New Delhi, June 29 -- India has imposed port restrictions on the import of jute and several of its derivatives from Bangladesh, with immediate effect, an official from Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said.

The restriction have been put on flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock); jute and other textile bast fibers, 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 based fibers.

Import of such items from Bangladesh shall not be allowed from any land port on India-Bangladesh border, DGFT said. However, it is allowed only through Nha...