Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Bangladesh Bank has eased the loan rescheduling policy for raw jute exporters for the next two years.

The central bank on Sunday in a circular stated that Raw Jute Exporters can reschedule loans with a 2 percent down payment of their outstanding loans. The loan outstanding will be calculated based on March 31, 2024.

As a result, the traders can get loans from scheduled banks as their moratorium will be accepted by banks.

Remittance inflow stands at Tk 16,008.84 crore in first half of Feb

Though Bangladesh is the global top raw jute exporter country, the traders have faced difficulties in exporting the item in the last few years.

The traders of this sector said production costs have increased while export prices have...