The CBIC issued Instruction No. 20/2025-Customs dated July 02, 2025, regarding the Port restriction on import of certain goods from Bangladesh to India under ITC (HS), 2022 Schedule 1 (Import Policy).
Reference is invited to Notification no. 21/2025-26 dated 27.06.2025 issued by the DGFT under Section 3 read with Section 5 of Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 end 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023, as amended from time to time and in continuation to DGFT Notification No. 07/2025-26 dated 17.05.2025.
Vide the aforesaid Notification dated 27.06.2025, a new sub-para 2 below Para 19(1) to General Notes Regarding Import Policy under ITC (HS), 2022 Schedule 1 (Import Policy) has been inserted as follows with immediate effect:
“19. The import of following goods from Bangladesh to India shall be regulated as under:
2. Port Restriction on import of Goods from Bangladesh
| Sl. No. | HS Code | Item Description | Import Policy/ Port restriction |
| (i) | 530130 | Flax tow and waste
(including yarn waste and garneted stock) |
Import from Bangladesh shall not be allowed from any land port on India-Bangladesh Border. However, it is allowed only through Nhava Sheva Seaport. |
| (ii) | 530310 | Jute and other
textile bast fibers, raw or retted |
|
| (iii) | 530390 | Jute (exluding flax,
true hemp and ramie) |
|
| (iv) | 530610 | Single flax yarn | |
| (v) | 530710 | Single yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibers | |
| (vi) | 530720 | Multiple folded | |
| (vii) | 530919 | Woven fabrics or flax | |
| (viii) | 530929 | Woven fabrics or flax | |
| (ix) | 530010 | Unbleached woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibers |
3. The above restrictions at sub-Para 2 shall not apply to Bangladesh exports to Nepal/Bhutan transiting through India. However, re-export of the aforesaid Bangladesh Goods to India from Nepal/Bhutan shall not be allowed.
Thus, a new sub-para 2 below Para 19(1) to General Notes Regarding Import Policy under ITC (HS), 2022 Schedule 1 (Import Policy) has been inserted with immediate effect.
In view of the above, it is requested that necessary action may be taken to sensitize officers under your jurisdiction regarding the said matter.
The Instructions can be accessed at: https://a2ztaxcorp.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cs-ins-20-2025.pdf
