# Rice exports to Bangladesh via West Bengal likely to begin soon | The Business Standard

> Rice exports from India to Bangladesh through West Bengal may restart after the Home Ministry asked the state to facilitate essential transport at land ports. Trucks loaded with rice have been stuck at the border, causing daily freight losses, and rice is already moving by sea from Mundra to Chittagong.

- Date: 2020-05-09 · published 2020-05-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53103-rice-exports-to-bangladesh-via-west-bengal-likely-to-begin-soon-the-business
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Resumed land shipments would ease a logistics bottleneck for Indian rice exports, though the effect on prices is modest.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

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| RICE | 2021-12-06 | [Importers to pay N300b freight rates on foreign rice to Nigeria, others \| The Nation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43667-importers-to-pay-n300b-freight-rates-on-foreign-rice-to-nigeria-others-the.md) | -1.7% | +2.6% |
| RICE | 2020-06-12 | [South Louisiana Rail Facility to build rice mill - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6719-south-louisiana-rail-facility-to-build-rice-mill-rice-farming.md) | -3.6% | +10.9% |

## Sources

- publisher.tbsnews.net: https://publisher.tbsnews.net/world/south-asia-china/rice-exports-bangladesh-west-bengal-likely-begin-soon-79015

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