In addition to making the trade between Nepal and India more easy and simple, the talks between the customs officials of the two countries have started in Kathmandu, focusing on controlling illegal trade and revenue leakage.
Among the topics discussed in the talks are providing advance information related to export trade between the customs offices of the two countries, implementing an electronic cargo tracking system on cargo containers carrying goods coming from third countries to Nepal via India and exported from Nepal to third countries via India.
Similarly, information officer of the customs department, Narayan Prasad Regmi, said that issues such as strengthening the quality and quarantine inspection system at the border crossings for quality testing of imported and exported goods will be discussed. In the
discussion, there will also be talks on issues such as India's recognition of the certificate of origin issued electronically through the national one-door system implemented by Nepal, the completion of the under-construction integrated check point at Bhairahwa and Chandni-Dodhara within the target time frame, the ease of the quality certification work implemented by India for the export of Nepali products to India, etc.
In this two-day talks on 28th and 29th of Chaitra, Nepal's negotiating team is led by Mahesh Bhattarai, Director General of Customs Department, while Abhay Kumar Srivastava, Director General of Revenue Intelligence Directorate, leads India's side.
On behalf of Nepal, the negotiation team has the participation of high officials from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply, Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, Department of Animal and Animal Quarantine.
Similarly, the Indian team includes the Assistant Director General of the Lucknow Regional Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, the First Secretary of the Indian Embassy in Nepal, the Chief of the Customs Office of Calcutta, Patna, and Lucknow.
