FBCCI, BTF Project to boost cross-border agri trade

Business Desk :
FBCCI and USDA-backed Bangladesh Trade Facilitation (BTF) Project on Sunday joined hands to help boost the cross border agriculture trade with participation of the private sector.
Both entities will collaborate to engage the private sector in identifying the challenges and defining the way forward.
To this effect, FBCCI President Jashim Uddin and BTF Project Director Michael J Parr inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on behalf of their respective sides at a ceremony held at the FBCCI headquarters in the city.
International Program Specialist at the USDA Victoria Becker, FBCCI leaders including its Senior Vice-President Mostofa Azad Chowdhury Babu, and other stakeholders were also present at the ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, Jashim Uddin said Bangladeshi agricultural produce has limited access to the international market despite having huge potential as a large number of non-resident Bangladeshis are staying abroad.
The country needs to identify the bottlenecks in this regard, he said, adding that the FBCCI was conducting research on it.
“Even small countries like the Netherlands earn billions of dollars from its agricultural goods export to other countries,” he said.