India, Jan. 8 -- Bangladesh is mulling tariffs on Indian cotton yarn imports, with the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission discussing this on January 5, Indian yarn industry executives said on Wednesday, citing Bangladeshi trade reports, against the backdrop of deteriorating bilateral relations.

Levies by Bangladesh, the world's largest importer of raw cotton, on yarn imports from India, its largest supplier, could weaken domestic prices, hitting mills and farmers here, analysts said.

Imposition of customs duty by Bangladesh, which could be in the "range of 10-20%", could halt a recovery in domestic cotton prices, which fell steeply in 2025 due to duty-free imports by India between August 10 and December 31 2025, said Rahul Chouhan, ...