BENAPOLE, May 16: Import-export trade between Bangladesh and India resumed on Sunday morning after a three-day Eid holiday.
From this morning till this afternoon, 95 trucks of goods have been imported from India and 42 trucks of goods have been exported from Bangladesh to India.
Business has increased in the Benapole port area as import-export has started. Long queue of imported goods vehicles have been seen on the road.
Benapole Land Port Director Abdul Jalil said import-export trade has resumed from Sunday morning after a three-days shutdown on the occasion of Eid.
All field level officials have been instructed to deliver the goods quickly from the port and unload the goods quickly from Indian trucks.
Sajedur Rahman, general secretary of the Benapole C&F Agent Staff Association, said hundreds of cargo trucks have been stranded at the Indian port of Petrapole during the Eid holidays.
Four thousands of Port users have been working in the port. Necessary goods delivery from the port has started.
India's West Bengal Government announced a lockdown to prevent corona, but in the business interests of the two countries West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has instructed the traders to continue the import-export activities between the two countries.
According to customs sources, 400 to 500 trucks with various goods are imported from India and 200 to 300 trucks of goods are exported through Benapole port every day.
Eighty per cent of the country's industrial raw materials, readymade garments and food items are imported through Benapole port. Every year, the government earns a revenue of Tk 60 billion (6,000 crore) from imported goods from this port.
Benapole Customs House Commissioner Azizur Rahman said, After a three-day shutdown on the occasion of Eid, imports and exports have resumed from this morning.
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