India has sent back four cargo
trucks from the gate of its Petrapole port following the cancellation of the
transshipment facility for Bangladesh. Under a transshipment agreement signed
on 29 June 2020, goods from Bangladesh could be sent to a third country using
Indian territory. India’s Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)
cancelled that agreement...Suddenly
on Wednesday, (9 April ’25)India said that goods-laden trucks already on Indian
territory must immediately leave Indian soil.
Kartik Chakraborty, general
secretary of the C&F Agents’ Staff Welfare Association at India’s Petrapole
port, said that the Indian Ministry of Finance issued a letter to customs
regarding the closure of the land port’s transit facility. Based on this
letter, the entry of transshipment goods from Benapole port to Petrapole port
has been halted. As
a result, when four export goods-laden trucks tried to enter India’s Petrapole
port through Benapole port, they were sent back. These goods-laden trucks
belonged to the exporter company DSV Air & Sea Limited based in Dhaka. Mamun Kabir Tarafder, deputy director
(Traffic) of Benapole land port, said that due to the cancellation of the
transshipment facility, Petrapole customs did not issue any CARPASS for
third-country goods. As a result, they did not receive the four trucks of
goods sent for export to a third country.