India restricts land-route import of certain products

India has imposed a ban on the import of specific jute products and woven fabrics from Bangladesh through all land routes amid worsening relations between the two nations, reports UNB.

The shipments of these goods will still be permitted through the Nhava Sheva seaport in Maharashtra, according to a notification from India's Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).

The goods under these restrictions include jute products, flax tow and waste, jute and other bast fibres, jute, single flax yarn, single yarn of jute, multiple folded, woven fabrics or flex and unbleached woven fabrics of jute.

The DGFT clarified that these port restrictions will not apply to Bangladeshi goods transiting through India en route to Nepal and Bhutan.