Bangladesh seeks to import 8,000 tonnes of diesel from India in June

Bangladesh plans to import 8,000 tonnes of diesel next month from India after it imported 25,000 tonnes of refined diesel in April, 10,000 tonnes in March and 8,000 tonnes in May from the neighbouring country.

“The government intends to import 8,000 tonnes of diesel during the Aman season in June,” Meghna Petroleum Limited Deputy Manager (Operations) Md Habibur Rahman, reports BSS.

He said the May shipments came in two phases through the pipeline from Assam’s Numaligarh Refinery Limited to Bangladesh’s Parbatipur depot.

Rahman said demands for diesel particularly in northwestern region increases during the irrigation season while the officials estimated that 2,000 tonnes of the petroleum would be required per week to irrigate the Aman crop this year.

He called the diesel import from India an ongoing process while Bangladesh continued to import the refined petroleum oil since 2021through the pipeline from the Numaligarh Refinery in India’s Assam state.