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Bangladesh to make e-seal, lock mandatory for transit goods from India

DOULOT AKTER MALA
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Apr 09, 2023 08:30 AM
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Apr 09, 2023 08:31 AM
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Bangladesh is set to make use of the electronic seal and lock mandatory for the transit and transhipment of goods from India in a bid to ensure full-proof security during movement between the countries.

Under the agreement for the use of the Chattogram and Mongla ports (ACMP) signed in 2018, neighbouring India has completed four shipments of transit goods as per the Standard Operating procedure (SOP).

Customs officials said now the National Board of Revenue (NBR) is working on the issuance of a permanent order under which transit goods could be moved from India to Bangladesh under the agreement.

As per “Electronic Seal and Lock Service Rule-2018”, the government can charge fees for transit goods shipment.

A senior NBR official said the rules would be amended, incorporating the provision of e-tracker as per the demand of the businesses.

Currently, the rule is optional for all businesses but it might be made mandatory for transit goods movement, he said.
However, the customs could not implement the rules for four pilot shipments of transit goods as the government could not appoint any electronic lock and seal supplying company as per the NBR statutory regulatory order (SRO) in this regard.
On June 26, the national revenue board framed the rules titled “Electronic Seal and Lock Service Rules 2018” with immediate effect.

Instead of electronic lock and seal, the customs wing had to use manual lock (seal gala) and deploy one or more escort officers to complete the trial run of transit goods.

Customs officials said the use of electronic seals and locks would be able to minimise the risk of transit goods movement.
The international customs trade and agreement wing of NBR recently proposed the high-ups take an immediate move to amend the electronic seal and lock rules and introduce it.

India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Matlub Ahmad said the use of electronic seal and lock would be welcomed by everyone if the government could offer a subsidised price for the service.

“Cost of availing electronic lock and seal services is too high in the rule which kept it shelved for years. It should be affordable like [a] normal seal and lock to facilitate businesses,” he said.

It’s a tracker, nothing else, but it’s very useful and should be implemented immediately, he added.

The electronic lock could be used domestically too to check theft in case of apparel goods export process, he added.

The trail runs of transit goods ended on October 2022. Under the agreement, the approved routes are Chattogram-Mongla port to Agartala via Akhaura, Chattogram-Mongla port to Dawki via Tamabil, Chattogram-Mongla port to Sutarkandi via Sheola, Chattogram-Mongla port to Srimantapur via Bibirbazar and vice versa.

An SOP was signed to operationalise the cargo transit in 2019 during a visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India. The neighbouring country signed the agreement in a bid to reduce both the cost and time for transportation of goods to the northeastern states of India.

From Bangladesh’s part, the agreement would help logistics, insurance, transport and the financial sector earn revenue. Under the agreement, the traders would have to use only Bangladeshi trucks for the transhipment of goods.

Syed Hasan Tarique, a logistic expert and member of the American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Amcham), said the electronic seal and lock could be enforced as an optional measure as there is such a tracking option available now.

The NBR made mandatory use of e-tracking technology for the transportation of export-import goods from the port to the private inland container depots (ICDs), also known as off-docks, and vice versa.

Earlier, different trade bodies and major business organisations opposed the measure saying that it would escalate the cost of doing business.

These include the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Port Users Forum (PUF), and Chittagong Customs Clearing and Forwarding Agents Association (CCCFAA) etc.

They urged NBR to scrap the rules and not to continue it. Under the rules, the exporters and importers will have to pay Tk 600 for each container or covered van or truck, bound for Chittagong Port from the private ICDs, and to the ICDs from the port, for the first 48 hours.

However, they have to pay Tk 50 for each of the next hours for the service. Businesses found it a costly and time-consuming technology that may cause delays in the shipment of goods and also intensify congestion in the port.

Last year, the stiff opposition from businesses forced the government to cancel at least three inauguration programmes for launching the electronic lock and seal system at Chittagong Port.

The businesses opine that the e-tracking system is not required for the exporters, importers and other stakeholders of the port.
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With even seals and locks Indians cannot be trusted. They will break the seal and lock, and claim compensation from BD.

Why to help out India where Termite like Amit Shah is a minister/ leader.
 
India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Matlub Ahmad said the use of electronic seal and lock would be welcomed by everyone if the government could offer a subsidised price for the service.

This dalal is looking for favors for India as if we don't give enough.

From Bangladesh’s part, the agreement would help logistics, insurance, transport and the financial sector earn revenue. Under the agreement, the traders would have to use only Bangladeshi trucks for the transhipment of goods.

Indians are trying to float the narrative that we will get super rich transporting Indian goods through our ports. This is BS of the first order.

I'd like to meet some Bangladesh businessman who has been able to make money dealing with Bhojpuri Bhakt/Gujju/Sindhi/Marwari businessmen from Kolkata. Bangladeshi businesses are always on the loser end of things. Good luck trying to turn a profit dealing with Indian businesses.

The transit fees (transit should not be happening in the first place) are nominal and are hardly practical. They are a joke.

On top of it Chittagong is too busy catering to our own import export traffic. Let Indians use Kolkata and Haldia ports for their own goods imports.


Transit fees should be at least as minimally high as that exists between EU countries.

India hardly does us any favors (look at them blocking our exports to their market at every opportunity, look at Farakka/Teesta just for starters).

We don't owe them ANY favors.

The Indian NE should be our market which is a natural situation.

Why let Kolkata Bhojpuri Bhakt/Gujju/Sindhi/Marwari businessmen turn a profit on our backs??
 
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This dalal is looking for favors for India as if we don't give enough.



Indians are trying to float the narrative that we will get super rich transporting Indian goods through our ports. This is BS of the first order.

The transit fees (transit should not be happening in the first place) are nominal and are hardly practical. They are a joke.

On top of it Chittagong is too busy catering to our own import export traffic. Let Indians use Kolkata and Haldia ports for their own goods imports.


Transit fees should be at least as minimally high as that exists between EU countries.

India hardly does us any favors (look at them blocking our exports to their market at every opportunity, look at Farakka/Teesta just for starters).

We don't owe them ANY favors.

The Indian NE should be our market which is a natural situation.

Why let Kolkata Bhojpuri Bhakt/Gujju/Sindhi/Marwari businessmen turn a profit on our backs??
as an armpit

India_Bagladesh_Image.png


with a handpicked Indian puppet government running stuff

you can't do shit

you owe your "independence" to India

economically weak, militarily zero, no global clout.. nothing...

shut up and enjoy whatever scraps we throw your way
 
as an armpit

India_Bagladesh_Image.png


with a handpicked Indian puppet government running stuff

you can't do shit

you owe your "independence" to India

economically weak, militarily zero, no global clout.. nothing...

shut up and enjoy whatever scraps we throw your way

Virender Jee have some Burnol.

It is what it is. In time you will accept reality.

:azn:
 
I have better

madira !

also:

" Why let Kolkata Bhojpuri Bhakt/Gujju/Sindhi/Marwari businessmen turn a profit on our backs?? "

@iamnobody

je dekho
These Bangladeshis aren't too bright.

Their biggest mistake was to separate from Pakistan.

Our Indian Banias Ambani, Adani & co are already taking over Bangladesh
 
soon hindutva will be asking hasina to convert or get lynched.
 
as an armpit

India_Bagladesh_Image.png
Again look at the map. Just by sitting on the armpit, Bangladesh almost severed Bharatmata's right arm. How does that feel?
economically weak, militarily zero, no global clout.. nothing...
Even without economic, military and global clout, many pajeets in the social media horse cry that Bangladesh is a bigger threat than Pakistan, what will happen if we seriously start acquiring military power?
with a handpicked Indian puppet government running stuff
Don't be so certain about your puppet govt.'s fortune will last forever. Nothing last forever. Their end may come sooner than many of you expect.
 
Again look at the map. Just by sitting on the armpit, Bangladesh almost severed Bharatmata's right arm. How does that feel?
sever with what, improvised hilsa teeth ooga booga weapons ?

Even without economic, military and global clout, many pajeets in the social media horse cry that Bangladesh is a bigger threat than Pakistan, what will happen if we seriously start acquiring military power?
nothing, because you never will acquire enough power to be a threat to your mother, Bharat Mata.

Even the Chinese tread carefully wrt Lungidesh because India

We don't talk about their Taiwan thing either

Don't be so certain about your puppet govt.'s fortune will last forever. Nothing last forever. Their end may come sooner than many of you expect.
more instability just tills the soil even further to make it yet more fertile... easier to both subdue and manipulate to our advantage.
 
as an armpit

India_Bagladesh_Image.png


with a handpicked Indian puppet government running stuff

you can't do shit

you owe your "independence" to India

economically weak, militarily zero, no global clout.. nothing...

shut up and enjoy whatever scraps we throw your way

Eating «scraps» is usually a higher deed for large section of Indians. Outside of India …not so much.
 
On top of it Chittagong is too busy catering to our own import export traffic. Let Indians use Kolkata and Haldia ports for their own goods imports.
Bold part: Yes, you are right for now. But after the Matarbari Port and Payra Port opening, Chittagong will be less busy than now. So, Indian NE can trade via Ctg. Port.

Whatever we say against India, BD needs money it will get by transporting goods to/ from India NE, Nepal, Bhutan, and west Bengal. In that case, all three ports can be used to transport goods catered for those areas.

Note that India is already selling diesel oil to our north in Parbatipur. It also sells many billion-dollar worths of goods to BD. Somehow, BD has to balance it by providing services like transshipment, port facilities, and water/ road transportation of Indian foreign and internal trade of goods.

If not, India will keep on selling its diesel and BD will be paying in US dollars. BD becomes poorer.
 
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Even the Chinese tread carefully wrt Lungidesh because India

We don't talk about their Taiwan thing either

China gives a rat's *** to rIndia's sensitivity while engaging with Bangladesh. That's why they just built the biggest Submarine base in South Asia so that they can give more of their Submarine to Bangladesh as well as berth their own. You should ask, why this old fart SESHADRI CHARI is crying here.
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/chin...ous-bns-sheikh-hasina-is-just-a-start.764565/
 
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sever with what, improvised hilsa teeth ooga booga weapons ?
We don't need any weapon when geography has done our job. You seems to have very poor eye sight. Can't you see the chickecn neck and how Bangladesh made your entire north eastern states like another entity?

Geography’s Curse: India’s Vulnerable ‘Chicken’s Neck’​

The Siliguri Corridor is a terrifyingly vulnerable artery in India’s geography.
 
China gives a rat's *** to rIndia's sensitivity while engaging with Bangladesh. That's why they just built the biggest Submarine base in South Asia so that they can give more of their Submarine to Bangladesh as well as birth their own. You should ask, why this old fart SESHADRI CHARI is crying here.
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/chin...ous-bns-sheikh-hasina-is-just-a-start.764565/
just be happy you're in India's good graces for now and bharat mata is allowing it all
 
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