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Prior to the export of Padma Hilsa to India, India announced that it would stop the export of onion to Bangladesh via several land ports in the country, including the land port of Benapole, without any announcement. On Monday afternoon, India stopped exporting onions to Bangladesh. As a result, about 150 truckloads of onions got stuck in Petrapole, on the other side of Benapole. The situation is similar in other land ports.
Indian customs authorities said onion exports stopped on Monday due to some policy changes.
No onion truck has entered Bangladesh through the Bhomra port in Satkhira since Monday morning. As soon as 50 metric tons of onions entered the port of Benapole in the morning, the Indian onion exporters association stopped exporting onions through all ports in the country. In the afternoon, two trucks exported Padma Hilsa to India, but they did not mind exporting onions to Bangladesh.
Kartik Ghosh, a trader on behalf of the Petrapole Exporters Association on the other side of Benapole, said that the onion exporters association has decided not to export onions to Bangladesh below £ 650. That is why many trucks full of onions are stopped at the border.
Rafiqul Islam Royal, an onion importer from Benapole, said the onions have been imported at £ 250 since the import trade with India began. Onion exporters will not export onions to Bangladesh below স্থানীয় 650 local market price due to increased onion prices due to floods in Nasik, India. Therefore, they have temporarily stopped the export of onions.
Anil Majumder, an onion trader in the Bangaon area of India, said by phone that they had no objection to exporting onions to Bangladesh. If they get LC at market price, they will start exporting again. In that case, the old LCs are given at a revised price of £ 250 and if the new LCs are made at £ 650, the export process for onions will be normalized.
Benapole Customs Commissioner Azizur Rahman said India had stopped exporting onions to Bangladesh without any announcement demanding a price increase. There is no alternative to mutual trade. They could have tied up the time of onion importers without stopping exports. It wasn’t right to make such a sudden decision.
Meanwhile, onion importers and traders from different places, including Benapole, have been shaken by the news of the interruption of the import of onions. The price of onion is known to have increased by Tk 5 per kg to Tk 75 on the retail market before the evening.
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