Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: Jute export only to India ?

KUWAITI BONGO MAN SPEAKETH BEHOLD

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From: ezajur
Sent: Feb 22, 2012 11:25 PM
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: Jute export only to India ?

 

Arey Baba! We are surrounded by India and we cannot deny India and we have to be practical and realistic.

Sell everything to India. By doing so 'amra manush hobo'.

Then when India buys all our jute and manipulates prices and markets - aided by Bongus of course - we can all say 'at least they helped us in 1971'.

Our Bongu intellectuals probably don't have a single friend or relative to whom they feel indebted for anything 40 years after the event. But India! Woohoo! Shirt ar lungi kule dhew odheke!

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> *Change in form of raw jute export to India evokes protest*
>
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>
> The government issued a circular last week allowing export of raw jute to
> India in the form of both 'kutcha' and 'pucca' bales amid protests from the
> millers and exporters who alleged the move would ruin the industry.Raw jute
> only in pucca bales used to be allowed for export to India.
>
> Industry people have expressed the fear that smuggling of jute to India
> would rise following the latest decision, leading to a serious setback for
> the country's entire jute sector.However, the circular issued by the
> textile and jute ministry has attached two conditions to raw jute exports
> to India in 'kutcha' bales.
>
> Exporters have to follow the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute
> (BSTI) standards and they cannot sign any agreement violating the BSTI
> standards for raw jute export through 'kutcha' bales.
>
> But raw jute exporters and private jute millers said such a decision of the
> government will destroy the industry."This will simply expand the
> opportunity for smuggling raw jute through the border areas," Mahfuzul Huq,
> chairman of Bangladesh Jute Association, who represented raw jute
> exporters, told the FE.
>
> "India is our main competitor, so how can we be competitive if raw jute is
> smuggled to the neighbouring country," he questioned."There are some
> procedures for making 'pucca' bale. But virtually no effort is required to
> make 'kutcha' bale. What one has to do is to collect raw jute from the
> farmers and bind it in a crude manner," he explained.
>
> Thousands of workers will be jobless if the government's decision is
> implemented, he added.Exporters alleged that government took the decision
> without consulting the stakeholders."We don't know why the government has
> taken such a decision while the party in power in its election manifesto
> promised to bring back the lost glory of the golden fibre," an exporter
> said.
>
> Echoing the BJA leader, Nazmul Huq, chairman of Bangladesh Jute Mills
> Association (BJMA), said there will be crisis of jute in the country and
> Bangladesh will lose competitiveness in the global market.
>
> "Indian importers will punish us offering low price for 'kutcha' bale as
> there exists a grading system for 'pucca' bale, depending on quality which
> is determined through machines."At the same time any one can prepare
> 'kutcha' bale just drying the raw jute, which does not ensure quality, he
> added.
>
> The export of jute products to India is increasing for their quality and
> durability. Bangladesh exports 0.5 million to 0.6 million bales of raw jute
> to India annually through 'pucca' bales.
>
> http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=157708&date=2011-11-30
>
> http://www.mzamin.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26994:2011-11-30-16-19-40&catid=49:2010-08-31-09-43-32&Itemid=83
>

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