Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Oct-07,
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today said that comprehensive knowledge on trade documentation and custom procedures is crucial for building the competiveness of the country.
"There is no alternative to
trade and commerce for attaining the status of a developed country. Our
competing countries are now highly concentrating on easing the trade
documentation process," he said.
The commerce minister said this
while awarding certificates to the participants of the Bangladesh Foreign Trade
Institute (BFTI) at the closing ceremony of a training program on "Rules
and Procedures for Import and Export" held today at the BFTI conference
room.
Tapan Kanti Ghosh, secretary,
Ministry of Commerce, was present as the special guest.
The five-day-long comprehensive
training commenced on October 3, 2021 and some 33 local and foreign
participants attended the program.
The government of Bangladesh has
already taken multiple initiatives to simplify the trade procedures in order to
be competitive in global market.
The commerce minister thanked
BFTI for taking such a timely initiative by organizing this training program.
The commerce secretary hoped that
the BFTI would be able to assist the government as well as the private sectors
to combat upcoming trade-related challenges through quality research, training
and policy advocacies.
Dr. Md. Jafar Uddin, chief
executive officer of the BFTI and former senior secretary of the Ministry of
Commerce, chaired the closing ceremony of the training program while Md.
Hafizur Rahman, additional secretary, Ministry of Commerce, and Md. Obaidul
Azam, director, BFTI also spoke on the occasion.
The CEO of BFTI said, "BFTI
has a strategic plan to organize sector-specific capacity building training
program for both public and private sectors round the year in the field of
international trade".
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