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India begins exporting sponge iron to Bangladesh via inland waterways

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TBS Report
27 June, 2020, 09:35 am
Last modified: 27 June, 2020, 09:46 am

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India begins exporting sponge iron to Bangladesh via inland waterways

India''s sponge iron exports to Bangladesh had witnessed a sharp growth in 2019 on the back of rising steel melting capacities in Bangladesh

TBS Report
27 June, 2020, 09:35 am
Last modified: 27 June, 2020, 09:46 am
Photo: Reuters
Photo: Reuters

A consignment of sponge iron weighing about 1,100 tonne has left for Bangladesh through inland waterways amid slow movement of trucks through land ports in West Bengal due to Covid-19 outbreak.

Congestion at Chittagong port in Bangladesh and slow- moving trade through the Petrapole checkpost in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district forced exporters to explore waterways using the Indo-Bangla protocol route to send various products to Bangladesh, an official said on Friday, reports PTI. 

"The first vessel carrying 1,098 tonne of sponge iron and quartz sailed from G R jetty in Kolkata and will reach Narayangunj, near Dhaka in Bangladesh in the next 7-8 days," said Summit Alliance Port assistant general manager Sagar Khastagir.

The exporter would require 55 trucks to transport such a quantity, he said.

Summit Alliance is a Bangladeshi port operator working at two jetties of Inland Waterways Authority here.

The first shipment will encourage Indian traders to send their sponge iron consignments to Bangladesh, he said.

"We are exploring this new route to export cargo to Bangladesh. If this is successfully delivered, we will use this (riverine) route regularly," the exporter of sponge iron Bunty Overseas director Bunty Agarwal said.

Bangladesh accounts for nearly 50 per cent of India''s direct reduced iron (DRI) exports and this product is used mostly in steel mills in the country, industry sources said.

"If it works smoothly, the convenience to send products will encourage exporters to choose the new route. Bulk cargo can reach in a single consignment," Agarwal said.

India''s sponge iron exports to Bangladesh had witnessed a sharp growth in 2019 on the back of rising steel melting capacities in Bangladesh.

Exports rose by 27 per cent from 67,124 tonne in 2018 to 8,54,251 tonne in the last year. 

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