Import ban, shipping restrictions on Pakistan to start showing impact soon

Most shipments from Dubai take about nine days to reach Indian ports; thus, the shipping ban as well as the indirect import ban will only start showing up by this weekend, say experts

The Indian government last week banned ships flying Pakistani colours from docking at Indian ports. It also banned any imports from Pakistan, whether direct, indirect, or in-transit. However, the full impact of the import ban will only be felt later this week or early next week, given the transit times involved for indirect imports, especially from West Asian ports.

 

It takes about nine days for a ship from Dubai, the favoured port for goods originating from Pakistan for India to reach JNPT near Mumbai. The full impact of the import ban, imposed May 3 by the Director General of Foreign