Faruque Hassan, President, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association have urged Vikram Kumar Doraiswami, Indian High Commission in Dhaka to expedite and facilitate Bangladeshi’s export-import trade through Bangaon-Benapole land port. Hassan said Bangladeshi’s apparel exporters, who import substantial volume of raw materials from India, are facing lots of delays in transit of imported goods from India.

This is leading to many trucks laden with import and export goods being stuck at Indian points, hampering Bangladesh’s trade with India and impacting the transit time of raw materials for RMG factories in Bangladesh, he added.

The export trade of Bangladesh’s ready-made garments is also facing same problem, he added. Hassan said, Bangladesh RMG exporters are also struggling to meet up the lead time given by foreign buyers to export apparels in the middle of pandemic and locked down situation.