Excessive fee of the port is the ‘Antijita’ of the export -oriented garment industry. –

• Alleged
• More feeds have been increased in container transport
• Traders feared to be left behind in export competition

Chittagong Port Authority has published the gazette by raising the fee in all kinds of services. On an average, the port service has increased an average of 5 percent. Of these, the transport of containers has increased by 5 percent. The entrepreneurs of the industry say ‘Ashnisang Set’ for the export -oriented garment sector.

The owners of the garment industry are pushing the port authorities for extra pay. Export traders complained that the advice of the traders was not given in the meeting with the stakeholders on the proposed tariff.

The gazette was published on Sunday (September 7th) in a notification signed by Port Chairman Rear Admiral SM Moniruzzaman. According to the announced Gazette, the new tariff has come into effect from Monday (September 7).

Container transport of large portions of the port. The fee has also been enhanced in the transport of containers. The announced Gazette review shows that in the TEUs (20 -foot unit) container, the average fee will be paid at Tk. According to the new gazette, the port users will have to pay an average of Tk. On an average of 5 percent of the 20 -foot container has been increased by 5 percent.

Before the publication of the Gazette, a meeting was held at the ministry on August 25 with all the stakeholders of the port. At that meeting, the Advisor to the Ministry of Shipping at the Brig. (Retd) Sakhawat Hossain presided. However, the meeting ended without any decision. At the meeting, the traders suggested that the port authorities could increase a maximum of 5 percent to increase the tariff. But according to the proposal published on Sunday, all kinds of feeds were increased. Exporters claim that the positive impact on the meeting with the adviser did not have any impact on the Gazette.

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Rakibul Alam Chowdhury, director of BGMEA Chittagong and Managing Director of HKC Apparel Limited, told Jago News, “We do not understand who is currently running the government’s authority.” The way the tariff has been increased, exports are not increasing. ‘

Export of garments made by a large part of our export sector. Has the port consideration that our competitors are growing in internationally made garments? Now that we do not have business, there is no headache about increasing the tariff of the port.- BGMEA Chittagong Director Rakibul Alam Chowdhury

He said, ‘The export of garments made by a large part of our export sector. Has the port consideration that our competitors are growing in internationally made garments? Now that we do not have business, there is no headache about increasing the tariff of the port. ‘

He feared that the negative impact on increasing the port tariff in the garment sector could have been in January next year. He said, ‘From January, our clothing sector will face a new challenge. Because India will not sit in the way the United States has imposed tariffs on India. Their (India) traders are raising their attention to Europe. We have a big business in Europe in the garment sector. If the Bayers are India, our export sector will be at more risky. ‘

“We have given a letter to the port to revisit the announced tariff,” he said. Now the port should consider this tariff to keep the economy of Bangladesh dynamic. If the garment sector is damaged, the entire economy of the country will be damaged. ‘

Chittagong port is not a business organization. The port authority is a service organization. Yet in the past years, the port has never suffered losses. They have made a series. There is no logic to increase the tariff on average at the moment.- BKMEA President Mohammad Hatem

Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) president Mohammad Hatem has demanded the port’s extended tariff review. He told Jago News, “Chittagong port is not a business organization. The port authority is a service organization. Yet in the past years, the port has never suffered losses. They have made a series. At the moment there is no logic to increase the tariff on average at the moment. ‘

Stating that the port authorities could not give any argument on the expanding tariff in front of the traders at the meeting on August 28, Mohammad Hatem said, “We have said in front of the advisor to expand the tariff, the rate at which it has been proposed is not justified. Now the garment sector will be the most damaged due to increasing the tariff. Because port users are the largest stakeholders made of clothing. On the one hand, our production costs increased, on the other hand our competition in the international market will decrease. ‘

The business leader requested to re -declare the newly extended tariff, claiming that the gazette declared.

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