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Trucks laden with wheat stuck on Bangladesh border -Soumya De Sarkar and Main Uddin Chisti

-The Telegraph

Customs accused of blocking grain’s movement on premise of export bar

Malda/ Cooch Behar: Hundreds of trucks laden with around four lakh tonnes of wheat meant for export to Bangladesh have been stuck at land ports in Bengal for at least three weeks as customs authorities are allegedly refusing their onward journey.

The exporters are worried that delay in the transportation of the wheat will cause them losses of crores of rupees as the grain will start rotting because of rains.

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) had issued a notification dated May 13, banning the export of wheat with immediate effect. The ban was imposed in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which affected the global wheat supply.

The DGFT, however, said the export shipments, for which irrevocable letters of credit (LoC) had been issued before May 13, would be allowed.

“At Mahadipur land port (in Malda district), around one lakh metric tonnes of wheat are stuck. These are consignments, for which we had received payments from Bangladeshi importers before May 13. There is no reason why trucks carrying these consignments shouldn’t be allowed to enter Bangladesh,” said Uzzal Saha, the general secretary of the West Bengal Exporters’ Coordination Committee (WBECC).

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