India, which had capped import of tur at 200,000 tonne earlier this month, has now relaxed the curbs for tur consignments coming from Myanmar for which advance payments had been made prior to the restriction. Tur import consignments from Myanmar for which advance payments were made before Aug 5, and invoices and payment documents have been authenticated by the Myanmar government and banks, allowed to come in despite the import cap. The relaxation comes as a relief to Burmese pulses exporters, which have sold large quantities of tur to India. On Aug 5, India had capped import of tur at 200,000 tonne per annum to check the fall in local prices following a bumper harvest of pulses in 2016-17. The import cap, in effect, was a ban on further imports of tur, as India had imported close to 250,000 tonne of tur during Apr-Jul. The import restrictions on tur are not applicable to imports under bilateral trade agreements.