Bangladesh raises responsibility on Kutchi ‘Dates’ seven occasions, halting export and placing farmers in jeopardy

Express News Service

AHMEDABAD:  Gujarat’s Kutch date palm farmers face the brunt of Bangladesh’s seven-fold rise in import taxes on Khaarek (Dates) this yr. The responsibility on dates shipped to Bangladesh was beforehand Rs 10 per kilogram; Now, the responsibility has been raised from Rs 10 to Rs 80. Over 600 tonnes of Khaarek are yearly exported from Kutch to Bangladesh, however exporters have stopped doing so, leaving farmers with an overabundance of the inventory.

Kutchi Khaarek is considered one of many distinct sorts of meals merchandise which can be exported from Gujarat’s Kutch area to nations and all through the world. However, this yr the Kutch farmers needed to undergo due to the BiparJoy storm on the one hand, the continued rains for the previous few days have enormously diminished the farmers’ means to supply Khaarek, and now Bangladesh has made issues rather more troublesome for the farmers.

Bangladesh has raised the import responsibility on Kharek from Rs 10.83 to Rs 80, inflicting farmers and exporters to boost Kharek costs. People in Bangladesh can now not afford to purchase meals as costs rise, thus exports have ceased.

Jamal Shaikh, a Kutchi Khaarek exporter in Calcutta stated “We purchase Khaarek from Kutch and export it to Bangladesh, Concerning the tax imposed by Bangladesh on Khaarek, it was 10.83 paise in 2021, 33 rupees in 2022, however in 2023, Bangladesh authorities Announce 64.50 rupees in new funds, Soon After per week, the tax was raised to 80 rupees.”

“In this case, we were paying 3.5 lakh rupees in tax in 2022 on a full truck of Khaarek, 6.5 lakh rupees in 2023, and 8.5 lakh rupees after that week.” Explaining Import Situation Jamal Said “Bangladeshi importers are afraid to do business in such a situation. Because if you buy Khaarek from India for 30 rupees per kg, you must pay a tax of 80 to 85 rupees in Bangladesh. And one kg of packing costs 18 to 20 rupees, thus if the 30 rupees Khaarek is sold for more than 130 rupees in Bangladesh, who will buy it? As a result, Bangladeshi traders have ceased purchasing Khaarek.”

According to a neighborhood farmer in Kutch, Khaarek has grown on roughly 19 thousand hectares in Kutch, with an annual manufacturing of roughly 1.75 lakh tonnes of Khaarek. Farmers place a higher emphasis on exports as a result of huge quantity of manufacturing. After the Kutch mango, Khaarek is the most well-liked fruit.

Harsh Thakkar, a farmer from Kutch, stated “First there was harm to agriculture within the cyclone, then heavy rains, and now the export has been halted, and the farmers are struggling an enormous loss. In this circumstance, the exporter merchants will obtain earn Money from different sources, however the farmers will turn into debtors if the federal government didn’t intervene quickly,” 

AHMEDABAD:  Gujarat’s Kutch date palm farmers face the brunt of Bangladesh’s seven-fold rise in import taxes on Khaarek (Dates) this yr. The responsibility on dates shipped to Bangladesh was beforehand Rs 10 per kilogram; Now, the responsibility has been raised from Rs 10 to Rs 80. Over 600 tonnes of Khaarek are yearly exported from Kutch to Bangladesh, however exporters have stopped doing so, leaving farmers with an overabundance of the inventory.

Kutchi Khaarek is considered one of many distinct sorts of meals merchandise which can be exported from Gujarat’s Kutch area to nations and all through the world. However, this yr the Kutch farmers needed to undergo due to the BiparJoy storm on the one hand, the continued rains for the previous few days have enormously diminished the farmers’ means to supply Khaarek, and now Bangladesh has made issues rather more troublesome for the farmers.

Bangladesh has raised the import responsibility on Kharek from Rs 10.83 to Rs 80, inflicting farmers and exporters to boost Kharek costs. People in Bangladesh can now not afford to purchase meals as costs rise, thus exports have ceased.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Jamal Shaikh, a Kutchi Khaarek exporter in Calcutta stated “We purchase Khaarek from Kutch and export it to Bangladesh, Concerning the tax imposed by Bangladesh on Khaarek, it was 10.83 paise in 2021, 33 rupees in 2022, however in 2023, Bangladesh authorities Announce 64.50 rupees in new funds, Soon After per week, the tax was raised to 80 rupees.”

“In this case, we were paying 3.5 lakh rupees in tax in 2022 on a full truck of Khaarek, 6.5 lakh rupees in 2023, and 8.5 lakh rupees after that week.” Explaining Import Situation Jamal Said “Bangladeshi importers are afraid to do business in such a situation. Because if you buy Khaarek from India for 30 rupees per kg, you must pay a tax of 80 to 85 rupees in Bangladesh. And one kg of packing costs 18 to 20 rupees, thus if the 30 rupees Khaarek is sold for more than 130 rupees in Bangladesh, who will buy it? As a result, Bangladeshi traders have ceased purchasing Khaarek.”

According to a neighborhood farmer in Kutch, Khaarek has grown on roughly 19 thousand hectares in Kutch, with an annual manufacturing of roughly 1.75 lakh tonnes of Khaarek. Farmers place a higher emphasis on exports as a result of huge quantity of manufacturing. After the Kutch mango, Khaarek is the most well-liked fruit.

Harsh Thakkar, a farmer from Kutch, stated “First there was harm to agriculture within the cyclone, then heavy rains, and now the export has been halted, and the farmers are struggling an enormous loss. In this circumstance, the exporter merchants will obtain earn Money from different sources, however the farmers will turn into debtors if the federal government didn’t intervene quickly,”