Bhutan to export oranges to Bangladesh

  • 30/01/2010

  • Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Bhutan will export oranges to Bangladesh through Dawki land customs station in Meghalaya, official sources said. Following a nod from New Delhi, a delegation from Bhutan comprising members from Bhutan Chamber of Commerce, Bhutan Import and Export Association, Bhutan-Indo Friendship Association and other officials arrived at Dawki recently to complete the formalities. Official sources said export would begin on an experimental basis and then would expand it to other items like ginger. The first consignment of oranges from eastern Bhutan is expected to arrive in a day or two and would be received by the Secretary of Trade of the Royal Bhutan Embassy in Bangladesh at Dawki. So far, Bhutan has been depending on West Bengal to export oranges to Bangladesh.