Dhaka, July 14 -- Jute-goods exporters now wobble under pressure of mounting transportation costs for using sea route, stakeholders say, as Indian land-port ban on Bangladeshi exports takes its toll.

Due to the restrictions-in a trade spat evidently following the July uprising in Bangladesh--millers and exporters are now forced to send jute goods by sea from Chittagong seaport to Nhava Sheva Port in Maharashtra in the West Coast of India from where goods are transported to Kolkata by road in a distant detour, they say.

As a result, the jute millers and exporters say, the cost of transportation of cargo per tonne increased by $100, making the item uncompetitive.

On June 27 this year, the Indian Directorate General of Foreign Trade issue...