Curbs on import of goods from Bangladesh to disrupt trade flows in NE states

Shillong, May 19 -- The recent curbs on the import of consumer goods from Bangladesh through Land Customs Stations are expected to disrupt trade flows across the North Eastern States.

In a notification on May 17, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, under the Ministry of Commerce, has barred import of ready-made garments (RMG), plastics, wooden furniture, carbonated drinks, processed food items, fruit-flavoured drinks, cotton and cotton yarn waste through land customs stations and integrated check posts in Meghalaya, Assam, Mizoram and Tripura and Phulbari and Changrabandha in West Bengal and would only be imported through Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports.

A Customs official at the Shillong customs (p) Commissionerate said they are e...