An inaugural consignment of 40,000 brooms have cleared the path for trade through the Agartala-Akhaura Integrated Check Post.
The shipment from Tripura exported yesterday signaled the removal of trade barriers at the border between Bangladesh and the northeast Indian state.
Agartala-Akhaura Integrated Check Post Manager Debashish Nandy said: “The Chittagong Trading Company of Bangladesh purchased the brooms, and they were sent by the Ganga Trading Company from Tripura.”
Bangladesh can now import a wealth of produce from its neighbour, including cattle, fresh fruits, seeds, rice, wheat, onion, garlic, and dried fish.
Among non-foodstuff, Tripura can move stones and boulders, coal, chemical fertilizer, wood, timber, and spare parts for CNGs to Bangladesh.
