Anup K. Pujari, Director-General of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Commerce on Friday said the land customs infrastructure should be improved to boost the bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh.
According to Pujari, 43 per cent of the total trade between the two countries is dependent on land ports.
“Condition of roads from Kolkata to Petrapole needs to be improved. Turnaround time for trucks should also be reduced (to improve the infrastructure),” Pujari said here while addressing a convention on Indo-Bangladesh relations organised by the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce.
He added that the Indian Government was “deeply concerned” about the rising transaction costs in the bilateral trade. “Common weighing (for trucks from both India and Bangladesh) should be introduced…to reduce the transaction costs,” he said.