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The country’s traders began importing onions from Egypt, China, Turkey, Myanmar and Pakistan from the beginning of September, anticipating a supply crisis in the country’s onion market. To do this, they have obtained a certificate of permission (IP) from the plant quarantine department of the government agriculture department to import 9,000 tonnes of onions until last Monday. And on Tuesday, the day after the Indian government imposed a ban on onion exports, another 10,742 tonnes of onions were allowed to be imported in a single day. Most of them come from Myanmar and Pakistan. And all the onions will reach the country by sea.
However, the biggest risk is the heavy importation of onions from other countries, if India suddenly lifts the ban again. Therefore, to encourage imports of onions from other countries, traders want to ensure that imports from India are stopped for a certain period of time.
Rezaul Karim Azad, president of the Bangladesh Agromodities Importers Association, told Kaler Kanth: “Now, considering the crisis, we have started importing onions from other countries; After the onion arrived at the Chittagong port, India was seen to have resumed exports on a limited scale. Then the traders will have to sit on the road. Therefore, if you want to increase the supply in the market, you must stop importing onions from India for at least two months. Even if India lifts the embargo, we will not bring onions for two months. If they get that security, the country’s traders will compete and import onions. Traders say the first step in importing onions is to obtain an import certificate. In case of importation of onion, garlic, indigenous agricultural products, the permission of the Department of Plant Quarantine must first be obtained. With that permission, the importer opened a link with the bank. After that, the goods are shipped from the port of the exporting country and arrive at the Chittagong port. Basically, it is only after the products are shipped or shipped that one can be sure how many products will arrive in the country. The onions from those who obtained the permit in early September have already arrived at the Chittagong port. Many onions are on the boat on the way.
Chittagong Deputy Director of Plant Quarantine. Asaduzzaman Bulbul told Kaler Kanth that traders have obtained the import certificate for 9,100 metric tons of onions until the first 14 days of September. And yesterday in one day 10,742 tons of onion import certificate were taken. He said the number would rise further on Wednesday.
It is known that no IP was taken to import onions through seaports in June and July this year. However, on September 3, the Chittagong Plant Quarantine Department began receiving intellectual property certificates. Apart from this, permission from Dhaka Plant Quarantine Center has also been obtained. Although his account was not found.
Faruk Ahmed from Trade Impex, who was allowed to import the most 3,000 tonnes of onions from Chittagong, told Kaler Kanth: “I am trying to handle the shipment very fast. One day after getting the permit, I opened the bank loan. It will take 14 days to Chittagong port after shipment. The onions will come in different shipments from both Pakistan and China. I’ll be able to know when the shipment will arrive in the country. ‘
All the onions that come from the five countries will come by ship by sea. The onions will even arrive by sea from Myanmar. Because the importation of onion from Myanmar through the Teknaf land port was stopped until yesterday. When asked what he thought of the alternative, Manzoor Morshed, owner of Zarif Trade International, an onion importer with Teknaf, told Kaler Kanth: “We imported onions with Teknaf in two to three days after India stopped exporting the year past”. Then I was able to handle the crisis. This time there is no opportunity to stop the import with Teknaf. We are talking about importing through the port of Singapore by sea by contacting the supplier. But it will take longer to come in air-conditioned containers, it will also cost more to transport.
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