DGFT imposes port restrictions on certain imports from Bangladesh
DGFT Notification No. 07/2025-26 of 17 May 2025 restricts imports of readymade garments from Bangladesh to Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports and bars several other goods through land ports in the Northeast and two West Bengal LCSs.
Summary
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued Notification No. 07/2025-26 on 17 May 2025, with immediate effect, imposing port restrictions on certain imports from Bangladesh. Readymade garments of all kinds may not enter through any land port and are allowed only through Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports. Fruit/fruit-flavoured and carbonated drinks, processed food items, cotton and cotton yarn waste, plastic and PVC finished goods (except certain industrial inputs) and wooden furniture may not enter through any Land Customs Station or Integrated Check Post in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, or through LCS Changrabandha and Fulbari in West Bengal. The restrictions do not apply to fish, LPG, edible oil and crushed stone, or to Bangladeshi goods transiting India to Nepal and Bhutan.
Key facts
- Notification
- DGFT No. 07/2025-26, 17 May 2025, immediate effect
- Readymade garments
- No land port; only Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports
- Other goods barred via
- LCSs/ICPs in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram; LCS Changrabandha and Fulbari (WB)
- Exempt goods
- Fish, LPG, edible oil, crushed stone
- Transit
- Not applicable to goods transiting to Nepal and Bhutan
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Under the port restrictions imposed by DGFT on imports from Bangladesh in May 2025, imports of which of the following were exempted?
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Correct answer: D — Edible oil
The restrictions do not apply to fish, LPG, edible oil and crushed stone. Readymade garments are allowed only via Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports; processed food and wooden furniture are barred through the specified land ports.
Consider the following statements about DGFT Notification No. 07/2025-26 (May 2025): 1. The port restrictions do not apply to Bangladeshi goods transiting through India to Nepal and Bhutan. 2. The port restrictions apply to imports of fish and LPG from Bangladesh. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only statement 1 is correct. Fish, LPG, edible oil and crushed stone are exempt from the restrictions.
As per DGFT's May 2025 notification, readymade garments from Bangladesh may be imported only through which route?
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Correct answer: D — Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports
Readymade garments of all kinds may not be imported through any land port and are allowed only through Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports.