Statesman News Service
MALDA, May 23: The Malda Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce today urged the chief minister to hold talks with the Bangladesh government regarding imposition of import duty on mangoes and lichees. In a letter to the chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the exporters belonging to the MMCC pointed out that they are facing problems in exporting mangoes and lichees to Bangladesh due to imposition of import duties. They said that the import duty is preventing the importers of Bangladesh from purchasing these fruits from this region. As a result, the rate of export of mangoes and lichees has fallen at land customs stations such as Mahadipur in Malda , Hilli in South Dinajpur, Changrabandha in Cooch Behar and Gojadanga and Petrapole in South Bengal. The Bangladesh government has imposed import duty of Taka 43,200 ( Bangladesh currency) for one lakh pieces of lichees. and Taka 13.50 for per kilo of extra mangoes.
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