**Summary:**
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has issued a notification effective May 17, 2025, imposing port restrictions on specific goods imported from Bangladesh to India. The restrictions stipulate that ready-made garments can only be imported through Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports, and not through any land ports. Furthermore, imports of certain processed food items, drinks, cotton products, plastics, and wooden furniture are prohibited through Land Customs Stations (LCSs) and Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram, as well as LCSs Changrabandha and Fulbari in West Bengal. These restrictions do not apply to goods transiting through India destined for Nepal and Bhutan, nor do they apply to the import of fish, LPG, edible oil, and crushed stone from Bangladesh. Detailed information is available on the DGFT website.
Key Entities Referenced
Fulbari: A Land Customs Station (LCS) in West Bengal where certain goods from Bangladesh are restricted.
Ministry of Commerce Industry: The Indian government ministry responsible for trade and industry.
Bangladesh: A country from which certain goods imports are being restricted.
India: The country imposing port restrictions on imports from Bangladesh.
PIB Delhi: Press Information Bureau, Delhi - the agency that posted the notification.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade DGFT: The agency within the Ministry of Commerce and Industry that issued the notification.
Readymade garments: A category of goods subject to import restrictions.
processed food items: A category of goods subject to import restrictions.
Nepal: A country for which goods transiting through India from Bangladesh are exempt from the restrictions.
Bhutan: A country for which goods transiting through India from Bangladesh are exempt from the restrictions.
Notification No. 07202526: The identification number of the directive imposing the port restrictions.
17th May 2025: The date of the notification.
Ready Made Garments: A category of goods subject to import restrictions.
Nhava Sheva: A seaport through which Ready Made Garments from Bangladesh shall be allowed.
Kolkata: A seaport through which Ready Made Garments from Bangladesh shall be allowed.
Fruit Fruit flavoured and Carbonated Drinks: A category of goods subject to import restrictions.
Cotton and Cotton Yarn Waste: A category of goods subject to import restrictions.
Plastic and PVC finished goods: A category of goods subject to import restrictions, with specific exceptions.
Wooden Furniture: A category of goods subject to import restrictions.
Land Customs Stations LCSs: A type of border crossing point where certain goods from Bangladesh are restricted.
Integrated Check Posts ICPs: A type of border crossing point where certain goods from Bangladesh are restricted.
Assam: A state in India where certain goods from Bangladesh are restricted at LCSs and ICPs.
Meghalaya: A state in India where certain goods from Bangladesh are restricted at LCSs and ICPs.
Tripura: A state in India where certain goods from Bangladesh are restricted at LCSs and ICPs.
Mizoram: A state in India where certain goods from Bangladesh are restricted at LCSs and ICPs.
Changrabandha: A Land Customs Station (LCS) in West Bengal where certain goods from Bangladesh are restricted.
West Bengal: A state in India containing specific LCSs with import restrictions.
Fish: A category of goods from Bangladesh exempt from the port restrictions.
LPG: A category of goods from Bangladesh exempt from the port restrictions.
Edible Oil: A category of goods from Bangladesh exempt from the port restrictions.
Crushed stone: A category of goods from Bangladesh exempt from the port restrictions.
DGFT website: Website where the detailed notification is available.
Abhishek DayalAbhijith Narayanan: Names associated with the release of the information, possibly contacts.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Port restriction on import of certain goods from
Bangladesh to India
Posted On: 17 MAY 2025 9:13PM by PIB Delhi
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has issued a
notification imposing port restrictions on the import of certain goods such as Readymade garments, processed
food items etc., from Bangladesh to India. However, such said port restriction will not apply to Bangladesh
goods transiting through India but destined for Nepal and Bhutan.
The directive, issued via Notification No. 07/2025-26 dated 17th May 2025, detailing following port
restrictions has come into effect immediately.
1. Import of All kinds of Ready Made Garments from Bangladesh shall not be allowed from any land
port, however, it is allowed only through Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports.
2. Import of Fruit/ Fruit flavoured and Carbonated Drinks; Processed food items; Cotton and Cotton Yarn
Waste; Plastic and PVC finished goods, except pigments, dyes, plasticisers and granules that form input
for own industries; and Wooden Furniture, shall not be allowed through any Land Customs Stations
(LCSs)/ Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram; and LCS
Changrabandha and Fulbari, in West Bengal.
3. The port restrictions do not apply to the import of Fish, LPG, Edible Oil, and Crushed stone from
Bangladesh
The detailed notification is available on the DGFT website at https://dgft.gov.in.
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Abhishek Dayal/Abhijith Narayanan
(Release ID: 2129380)