This is the second time this month the apparel entrepreneurs - members of BGMEA and BKMEA - were offered such an exemption. Due to the slow delivery of imported containers, Chittagong port has been facing acute container congestion since the countrywide shutdown began last month. According to the existing rules, there is no storage rent for 20-foot loaded containers for four days. Then, it becomes $24 per day for a 20-foot container and the double for a 40-foot container as storage rent. Of the capacity, the number of containers brought in by the apparel entrepreneurs stands at 20,000 TEUs.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 28, 2020 16:41 UTC