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On Monday, four trucks carrying onions from Ghojadanga, India entered Bhomra land port revenue officer Mohsin Hossain.
Previously, at least 36 truckloads of onions have been imported through the Bhomra land port and 11 trucks through the Healy land port since last Saturday.
Confirming the import of four trucks of onions, revenue official Mohsin Hossain said that India’s Ghojadanga Customs Office has not yet informed them in writing on how many onion trucks they will launch.
Mostafizur Rahman Nasim, general secretary of the Association of Bhomra C&F Agents, said Indian authorities released the onions that were released on September 14 last Saturday.
Among them, 31 trucks arrived in Bangladesh through the Bhomra land port last Saturday, five trucks on Sunday and four trucks on Monday night.
He also said that more than two hundred truckloads of onions were waiting in Ghojadanga, on the other side of the border.
On the other hand, no new trucks loaded with onions have been imported into Benapole Land Port and Healy Land Port.
However, on Monday, more than 100 trucks loaded with onions crossed the border to enter the land port of Benapole. Sajedur Rahman, secretary general of the Benapole C&F Agent Personnel Association, said 112 onion trucks, including the previous 12, were waiting there.
Meanwhile, after being trapped for five days, most of the onions from the truck that entered the land port of Bhomra have rotted. As a result, importers have suffered financial losses.
In order to control its own market, the Indian government abruptly announced a ban on exporting all kinds of onions except thorns and dust, prompting a huge reaction in Bangladesh. After the announcement, Indian authorities also stopped onion trucks heading to Bangladesh at the border.
In response, the price of onion in the Bangladeshi market more than doubled. To manage the situation, TCB began selling onions at low prices on the open market.
On Sunday, Muhammad Farooq Khan, chairman of the standing parliamentary committee of the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: “We worked hard to improve relations (with India) and the relationship was ruined by a small onion.”
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