‘Import more goods from Bangladesh’

Business Desk :
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has urged China to increase imports from Bangladesh and boost economic cooperation.
He said this during a short courtesy call during new Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang’s brief stopover in Dhaka early on Tuesday.
While Bangladesh’s exports to China are worth just $800 million, the country imports goods worth $13 billion from China, he told the Chinese minister during the meeting.
The trade between the two countries has become one-sided, Momen told the Chinese minister.
While briefing reporters about the meeting, Momen also said, “China announced duty-free access to 98 percent of Bangladeshi products but it has not yet published gazettes. “So, businessmen in Bangladesh are unable to take advantage. If these gazettes are implemented, it would be good,” he further said.
China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang had a stopover of less than an hour in Dhaka from 2:00am on his first foreign trip to five African countries. During his call on Qin Gang at the VIP lounge of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Momen said, “We believe in the one-China principle.