BSS, Dhaka :
The Bangladesh and India commerce secretary level meeting is likely to be held in the first week of March to discuss various issues including removal of trade barriers and development of infrastructures to boost bilateral trade.
The meeting, which will be held in New Delhi, will focus on lifting of anti-dumping duty on Bangladesh’s jute products, India’s recognition of the BSTI standard certificate on more products and removal of trade barriers, sources familiar with the development told BSS on Monday.
Dhaka has long been demanding lifting of anti-dumping duty imposed by New Delhi on Bangladesh’s jute products since 2017 for five years.
Although the matter was prominently discussed in the last commerce secretary level meeting held in Dhaka in March 2021, no significant headway was made yet to this end.
Bangladesh also wrote a formal letter to India’s authority to withdraw the duty, sources told BSS.
They, however, said that signing of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and expansion of bilateral trade will be at the top of the agenda in the upcoming meeting.
