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India Ends Transshipment for Bangladesh, Risks Trade Disruption

4/9/2025

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India has announced the termination of the transshipment facility that enabled Bangladesh to export goods through Indian customs, starting April 8, 2025. This move, driven by Indian exporters' worries about congestion and rising costs, threatens to disrupt Bangladesh's trade routes, particularly impacting landlocked neighbors like Nepal and Bhutan, and could escalate diplomatic tensions under WTO regulations.

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India has announced the termination of the transshipment facility that enabled Bangladesh to export goods through Indian customs, starting April 8, 2025. This move, driven by Indian exporters' worries about congestion and rising costs, threatens to disrupt Bangladesh's trade routes, particularly impacting landlocked neighbors like Nepal and Bhutan, and could escalate diplomatic tensions under WTO regulations.