, May 18 -- six Bangladeshi trucks carrying ready-made garment (RMG) items have remained stranded at Benapole land port following restrictions imposed by India on the import of certain goods through its land ports.

Secretary of Petrapole Clearing Agent Staff Welfare Association, Kartik Chakraborty, said the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, imposed restrictions on the imports of certain goods including readymade garments.

Particularly, certain readymade garments that were previously allowed through land ports must be routed via Kolkata Sea Port or Mumbai's Nhava Sheva Port, he said.

Leading RMG exporters stung by India's decision to restrict imports

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