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India stopped exporting onions to Bangladesh after getting hilsa!

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14 Sep, 2020

Two trucks of the first consignment of 12 tonnes of hilsa entered the port of Petrapole in India at around 7 pm on Monday.
On the occasion of Durga Puja, the first consignment of 1,450 tons of Hilsa has entered the Indian port of Petrapole through Benapole port as a special greeting from the Government of Bangladesh. Meanwhile, India has stopped exporting all types of onions to Bangladesh from Monday (September 14).
Two trucks of the first consignment of 12 tonnes of hilsa entered the port of Petrapole in India around 6 pm on Monday.
Sources said that in 2012, a ban was imposed on the export of hilsa fish from Bangladesh to India. However, since then, the Bangladesh government has more than once given hilsa fish as a greeting to the Indian government. Last year also 500 tons of hilsa was given during Durga Puja.
The first consignment of Hilsa reached Benapole port area this afternoon. The exporter of Hilsa is Jahanabad Sea Food Limited of Khulna. The importer is JK Enterprise of India. Its C&F agent is Sapphire Enterprise in Benapole. Hilsa fish is exported at US ১০ 10 per kg, which is 750 Bangladeshi rupees.
Abul Hasan, an official of the Benapole Fisheries Office, said the first consignment of 12 tonnes of hilsa out of 1,450 tonnes entered India on Monday. The rest of the hilsa will be exported to India in phases.
Meanwhile, Shankar Das, C&F agent in Healy, India, said that onion production has been disrupted due to heavy rains and floods in various parts of India. As a result, the price of onion has increased in the Indian market. In such a situation, the Indian government has instructed Healy Customs to stop the export of onion at 12 noon on Monday to stop the increase in the price of onion. According to him, the customs authorities have said that all types of onion exports will be stopped from today until further orders.
An official notification in this regard has not been issued yet, but it will be issued soon, said Shankar Das. At the same time, there will be no onion export against the LCs that are open for onion import and the tender process has been completed, he said.
India did not export any onion to India through the port till 2 pm today.
Meanwhile, no onion truck has entered Bangladesh through Benapole in Jessore and Bhomra port in Satkhira since this morning. According to a source in the Indian port of Petrapole, the export of onions to Bangladesh has been stopped through all the ports of the country. The Indian onion exporters' association stopped exporting onions through all the ports of the country soon after 50 tonnes of onions entered through Benapole port in the morning.
Kartik Chandra Ghosh, general secretary of Petrapole C&F Staff Welfare, on behalf of the Petrapole Exporters Association across Benapole, said the onion exporters' association has decided not to export onions below মার্কিন 750 to Bangladesh. That is why more than a hundred vehicles loaded with onions are parked at Petrapole port.
Rafiqul Islam Royal, an onion importer from Benapole, said that onions have been being imported at ারে 155-250 since the start of import trade with India. Onion exporters will not be able to export onions below বাজার 650 as the local market price due to the rising prices of onions in India due to the floods in Nasik, India. For this reason, they have temporarily stopped the export of onions. If the Bangladeshi importers want to buy onions at নিতে 650 as per their demand, they will export onions again.
Benapole Customs House Commissioner Azizur Rahman said India had stopped exporting onions to Bangladesh without any announcement. There is no alternative to compromise in mutual trade. They could have given time to onion importers without stopping exports. It was not right to make such a sudden decision.

 
India stopped exporting onions to Bangladesh after getting hilsa!

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14 Sep, 2020

Two trucks of the first consignment of 12 tonnes of hilsa entered the port of Petrapole in India at around 7 pm on Monday.
On the occasion of Durga Puja, the first consignment of 1,450 tons of Hilsa has entered the Indian port of Petrapole through Benapole port as a special greeting from the Government of Bangladesh. Meanwhile, India has stopped exporting all types of onions to Bangladesh from Monday (September 14).
Two trucks of the first consignment of 12 tonnes of hilsa entered the port of Petrapole in India around 6 pm on Monday.
Sources said that in 2012, a ban was imposed on the export of hilsa fish from Bangladesh to India. However, since then, the Bangladesh government has more than once given hilsa fish as a greeting to the Indian government. Last year also 500 tons of hilsa was given during Durga Puja.
The first consignment of Hilsa reached Benapole port area this afternoon. The exporter of Hilsa is Jahanabad Sea Food Limited of Khulna. The importer is JK Enterprise of India. Its C&F agent is Sapphire Enterprise in Benapole. Hilsa fish is exported at US ১০ 10 per kg, which is 750 Bangladeshi rupees.
Abul Hasan, an official of the Benapole Fisheries Office, said the first consignment of 12 tonnes of hilsa out of 1,450 tonnes entered India on Monday. The rest of the hilsa will be exported to India in phases.
Meanwhile, Shankar Das, C&F agent in Healy, India, said that onion production has been disrupted due to heavy rains and floods in various parts of India. As a result, the price of onion has increased in the Indian market. In such a situation, the Indian government has instructed Healy Customs to stop the export of onion at 12 noon on Monday to stop the increase in the price of onion. According to him, the customs authorities have said that all types of onion exports will be stopped from today until further orders.
An official notification in this regard has not been issued yet, but it will be issued soon, said Shankar Das. At the same time, there will be no onion export against the LCs that are open for onion import and the tender process has been completed, he said.
India did not export any onion to India through the port till 2 pm today.
Meanwhile, no onion truck has entered Bangladesh through Benapole in Jessore and Bhomra port in Satkhira since this morning. According to a source in the Indian port of Petrapole, the export of onions to Bangladesh has been stopped through all the ports of the country. The Indian onion exporters' association stopped exporting onions through all the ports of the country soon after 50 tonnes of onions entered through Benapole port in the morning.
Kartik Chandra Ghosh, general secretary of Petrapole C&F Staff Welfare, on behalf of the Petrapole Exporters Association across Benapole, said the onion exporters' association has decided not to export onions below মার্কিন 750 to Bangladesh. That is why more than a hundred vehicles loaded with onions are parked at Petrapole port.
Rafiqul Islam Royal, an onion importer from Benapole, said that onions have been being imported at ারে 155-250 since the start of import trade with India. Onion exporters will not be able to export onions below বাজার 650 as the local market price due to the rising prices of onions in India due to the floods in Nasik, India. For this reason, they have temporarily stopped the export of onions. If the Bangladeshi importers want to buy onions at নিতে 650 as per their demand, they will export onions again.
Benapole Customs House Commissioner Azizur Rahman said India had stopped exporting onions to Bangladesh without any announcement. There is no alternative to compromise in mutual trade. They could have given time to onion importers without stopping exports. It was not right to make such a sudden decision.


We need those onions to cook imported Hilsa.
 
My dear great @idune, do you really think BD exported Hilsha free of cost? We sold our surplus Hilsha. On the contrary, India has little production of onion and so, it is not allowing export to BD. Very simple matter.

Why does not BD produce enough quantity of onion in the country when our people claim it is the best land on Earth? I have sent photographs that say our people just do not know how to prepare land for sowing onion seeds. So, what do you expect?

It may be better with less onion because it reduces blood pressure.
 
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India imposes ban on onion export

Moinul Haque and Jashim Uddin |
Published: 00:16, Sep 15,2020

The import of onion from India to Bangladesh was halted on Monday as the Indian government imposed a ban on the export of the item.


The Indian government prohibited the export of all varieties of onions until further notice following a notification on Monday by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, under the commerce ministry of India.

The price of onions more than doubled in Bangladesh in the last two weeks due to the off-season shortage in supply of the local onions and its slow import from India, traders said.

They said that India squeezed the export of onion over the last 20 days against the backdrop of a price hike of the item in India.

On September 29, last year, India imposed a ban on the export of onion to Bangladesh due to a price hike of the item in its domestic market and the price of the Item shot up to Tk 300 a kilogram in Bangladesh.
India had lifted the prohibition on March 15 this year.

Meanwhile, the National Board of Revenue on Monday declined to waive customs duty on the import of onion to ensure fair price for farmers and reduce dependence on import through encouraging domestic production.

Customs duty at the rate of 5 per cent will also not cause any price hike of onion at the local market, the NBR said in a letter sent to the commerce secretary Md Jafar Uddin.

Commerce ministry on September 7 requested the revenue board for the withdrawal of duty to keep the price of the item stable in the domestic market, arguing that the imposition of the duty would leave a negative impact on the price of the item in the local market during the lean period from September to March.

Customs wing of the NBR in the letter to the commerce secretary said that the government imposed duty in the budget to ensure fair price for farmers and to reduce the dependency on imported onion.

Local growers will be deprived of fair price if the import duty is withdrawn, the letter signed by NRB second secretary (customs policy) Mehraj-ul-Alam Samrat said.

Local farmers will also be affected due to the rise in its import, it said.

In addition, the revenue board thinks that the 5 per cent duty on the import of onion will not have any impact on the price hike of the item in the local market, it added.

Even before issuing the notification of the export ban, Indian authorities stopped the export of onion to Bangladesh through all land ports between the two countries from Monday morning.

Bangladeshi importers and customs clearing and forwarding agents said that many onion-laden trucks were waiting on the other side of the border at Hili, Bhomra and Benapole land ports on Monday since exporters did not get clearance from the Indian customs.

Malda customs division in an e-mail on Monday informed Hili customs station that the export of onion will remain suspended on the day due to some possible changes in policy of India.

‘Joint secretary, customs, has informed that the export of onions should be stopped as some policy change is likely today,’ the e-mail of Malda customs division had said.

Quoting Indian traders, Bangladeshi importers and customs clearing and forwarding agents said that the Indian customs put a hold on releasing Bangladesh-bound onion through the land ports as flood damaged the crops in many parts of India and the prices of the item started to go up in the country.

Motiar Rahman, director of India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that the Indian authorities imposed a restriction on onion export on Monday and only two trucks of onion received clearance to enter Bangladesh through Benapole land port.

‘Onion import through Hili land port remained suspended from Monday morning as Indian customs are not giving clearance,’ said Mobarok Hossain, an onion importer.

Following the export ban, the wholesale price of the item increase further on Monday night in the city market and the locally produced onion was selling at Tk 70 a kg while the imported item was selling at Tk 50 a kg.

 
Why do we want to be dependent on Indian onions? Is it not an opportunity to:
1. import from elsewhere and hence reduce trade deficit with India?
2. Incentivise domestic production?

Currently, we have surplus Hilsha production:


We are exporting them at around $10/kg. How is this a bad thing?
 
Onions exports are ban to all the countries from last weak. Nothing to do with bangladesh specific.
 
Bangladesh to export 1,450 tonnes of hilsa to India
Published: September 14, 2020 20:05:46 | Updated: September 15, 2020 15:08:49
Bangladesh to export 1,450 tonnes of hilsa to India


Bangladesh is going to export 1,450 tonnes of hilsa to India on the eve of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community.
“Around 1,500 tonnes of hilsa will be exported to India as a goodwill gesture on the occasion of Durga Puja,” Commerce Secretary Md Zafar Uddin said on Monday, reports UNB.

He said they will allow the hilsa export to India until October 10. “People might have a perception that we’re sending it free of cost. But it’s not right as we’re going to export the fish”.

Durga Puja is scheduled to begin on October 22 and continue until 26 with due religious fervour.
An official at the Commerce Ministry said they permitted nine Bangladeshi enterprises to export 1,450 tonnes of hilsa to India within October 10.

Though hilsa export has long remained halted, Bangladesh used to allow the export of the national fish on a limited scale on the occasion of Durga Puja showing a goodwill gesture.

In 2019, the government permitted the export of 500 tonnes of hilsa on the eve of the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community.

On Aug 1, 2012, the government banned the export of the national fish to keep its price affordable in the local market.

Bangladesh accounts for around 75 per cent of the world's hilsa production


 
India again puts onion export on hold
Staff Correspondent |
Published: 23:42, Sep 20,2020



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Indian authorities on Sunday once again stopped releasing onion to Bangladesh for the decision from the central government was still pending, importers said.

Importers also added that although India released some shipments of onion on Saturday to Bangladesh, no trucks with the commodity entered Bangladesh through land ports on Sunday for lack of fresh orders from the central government.

The Indian customs released onions which were supposed to enter Bangladesh on September 14, but they did not get any instruction from their government to allow any new consignments of the perishable commodity while truckload of it sat rotting for the last five days, they said.

Earlier, commerce ministry officials said that India agreed to allow 25,000 tonnes of onion for which the LCs were opened before imposing an export ban but Indian customs did not release any trucks of onion on Sunday.

According to the traders nearly 1,200 tonnes of onion entered Bangladesh through land ports on Saturday but more than 30 per cent of the product got rotten as the perishable item remained stuck at the land ports for five days.

Md Nasir, one of the Customs Clearing and Forwarding Agents at Bhomra land port told New Age that Indian authorities allowed trucks with onion entering Bangladesh on Saturday, September 19, which were supposed to enter on September 14.

He said that fresh approval from Indian government would be needed for releasing new consignments and it might be issued today.

Bangladesh deputy high commissioner in Kolkata Toufique Hasan told New Age on Sunday evening that they were in touch with the Indian authorities to make movement of the stranded onion-laden trucks smooth. ‘We will continue to pursue the matter,’ he said.

Traders said that both wholesale and retail prices of onion decreased by Tk 5-10 a kilogram in the city markets on Sunday as India released onion-laden trucks after four days since issuing a notification of the onion export ban on September 14.

They said that onions imported from Myanmar also started to hit the market and the price of the commodity decreased slightly due to the fresh supplies.

In a notification on Monday, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, under the commerce ministry of India, prohibited the export of all varieties of onions until further notice.

Following the notification Indian customs officials stopped more than 600 trucks of onions at several land ports.

The price of onion shot up to Tk 120 a kg from Tk 70 a kg in the city markets on Tuesday.

The wholesale price of local onion was Tk 70 a kg while the imported item was selling at Tk 55-60 a kg at Shyambazar on Sunday.

The local onion was retailing for Tk 80-90 a kg while imported items were retailing for Tk 70-80 a kg on the day.

Meanwhile, commerce minister Tipu Munshi on Sunday launched online sales of onion at Tk 36 a kg for consumers in Dhaka and Chattogram city.

He said that a portion of onion procured by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh would be sold through online platforms.

The minister said that both the TCB and private sector business would import huge quantities of onion from alternative sources and no shortage of the item would be experienced in the market.

 

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