Port source said Indian importers will start importing the items through Akhaura Land Port at the previous rates.

Indian importers stopped import of nine items through Akhaura port from Saturday as Bangladeshi exporters increased prices of the items due to rise in prices of the goods in open markets in Bangladesh.

The items are Hilsha fish, small fish, dry fish, flattened dry fish, stone chips, poultry feed, water pump parts, waste cotton and 'Chitagoor' (molasses).

As a result, export activities came to halt at Akhaura Land Port resulting in joblessness of hundreds of workers. A long queue of loaded trucks remained stranded outside the port.

Following intervention of the port authorities, prices of the nine items were reverted to their previous prices.

On contact, Akhaura Land Port Customs Officer Md Khurshid Alam said they have solved the problem for resumption of export of the aforesaid items from today. Indian importers will start importing the items through the port at the previous rates, he said.