hili land port covers an area of 10,000 acres and has a storage capacity of 10,000 mt. in 1985-86, the hili customs station was established for export-import business between bangladesh and india. later in 1996, it was declared by the government a full-fledged customs station. in 2005, the government handed over the port for private management. on november, 2007 panama hili port link limited took lease the port for 25 years. on the indian side, the land port and border check post is at hili, dakshin dinajpur.