• The ICP Petrapole is located at about 80 KMs from the State Capital, Kolkata in the State of West Bengal on the India-Bangladesh Border. Benapole is the corresponding place in Bangladesh.
• The Union Home Minister of India laid the foundation stone for the ICP was on 19.08.2011.
• The cargo complex of ICP petrapole operationalized on 12.2.2016
• Facilities available at the ICP Petrapole include:

Facilities Details

(i) Cargo Terminal	(vi) Public Health office	(xi) Weigh Bridges
(ii) Import Warehouse	(vii) Public Utilities Block	(xii) Banks/ATM
(iii) Export Warehouse	(viii) Electric Sub Station	(xiii) Foreign Exchange Bureau
(iv) Customs Service Building	(ix) Parking Area for Vehicles	(xiv) Cafeteria
(v) Quarantine block	(x) Rummaging Sheds	(xv) Dormitory Building

e.Trade

Petrapole border crossing now being developed as an Integrated Check Post is one of the busiest Land Customs Station in Asia and accounts for about 70% of Indo-Bangladesh Trade. The Trade statistics with number of cargo vehicles for the last three years is as given below:

Year	Export ( ₹ Cr)	Import ( ₹ Cr)	Trade ( ₹ Cr)	Cargo Vehicles (Nos.)
2014-15	12820	2367	15187	117526
2015-16	13656	2685	16341	128995
2016-17	15654	2847	18501	146706

f.Major Items of Export

1. Cotton Fabrics	6. Synthetic Fibres
2. Motor vehicle Chassis	7. Two wheeler/Motor Cycles/Scooters
3. Non-Alloy Steel	8. Machinery Parts
4. Yarn	9. Books and Papers
5. Iron and Steel Products	10. Cereals and other Food Products

g.Major Items of Import

1. Jute Products	6. Knitted Fabrics
2. Beetel Nut	7. Rice Bran
3. Fish	8. Zinc Plate
4. Cotton Rags	9. Lead
5. Readymade Garments	10. Re-Processed Plastic agglomerate

h.Passengers

Petrapole is handling maximum number of passenger commuting through any Land Border Crossing in the country. Most of the passengers using ICP, Petrapole are citizens from India and Bangladesh. The main purpose for their visit being Medical, Religious and Business. Third country nationals also use this facility for entry into India or exit from India.

Year	Incoming	Outgoing	Total
2011	323818	311845	635663
2012	350716	340018	690734
2013	371790	354680	726470
2014	617652	593117	1210769
2015	731477	711311	1442788