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India Declines To Import Jute Bags From Bangladesh And Nepal
By KTM Metro Reporter
September 6, 2012: according to the news posted on business-standard.com, India declined to allow the import of jute bags from Nepal and Bangladesh stating it has serious technical, legal, supply and policy problems of allowing import of jute bags from Nepal.
“There was a proposal for import of gunny bags from Nepal and Bangladesh but it has been struck down by the Centre. In any case, the domestic jute industry is more than self-sufficient and is in a position to meet the requirement of packing sugar and food grain,” said Manish Poddar, chairman, Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA).
On May 16, Bangladesh jute minister Abdul Latif Sididique had written to former Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, for export of Bangladesh gunny bags to meet India’s increasing output of food grain. “It is a matter of great concern that there are also supply constraints and food grains are lying unpacked in open space eventually getting spoilt. We have enough stock to meet your problem for urgent delivery”, Siddique had pointed out in the letter.
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-declines-to-import-jute-bagsbangladeshnepal/485606/
