A total of 593 tonnes of green chilies have been imported from India through Benapole port over the past two days.
A shipment of 10 tonnes and 956kg of green chilies arrived on a single truck today (15 October). Yesterday, 581 tonnes and 970kg of green chillies were imported on 50 trucks, Rabindra Singh, deputy commissioner of Benapole Customs, said.
The shipments were cleared quickly after the payment of duties, he added.
According to Benapole Customs, 28 Bangladeshi importers brought in the green chillies from India yesterday at a total cost of approximately Tk3.34 crore. The import price per tonne was set at Tk60,000, with an additional import duty of Tk36,000 per tonne, bringing the total cost to Tk96 per kilogram.
Due to the Durga Puja holiday, the Benapole and Petrapole ports were closed for the past five days. Imports resumed yesterday as soon as the port operations were restored. The massive shipment of green chillies was delivered to importers after clearing customs duties at Benapole.
