The possibility of Bangladesh signing FTAs and PTAs lies with the above countries

Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) and the Indian Foreign Trade Institute are preparing a report on a joint study on CEPA, which is a bit different from FTAs as it covers a lot of issues such as trade in goods and services, investment, intellectual property rights and e-commerce.

Bangladesh has signed a bilateral PTA with Bhutan on 6 December 2020. Under the agreement, 34 Bhutanese products will get duty-free access to the Bangladeshi market and 100 Bangladesh products to get similar access to Bhutan.

The commodities from Bangladesh include baby clothes and clothing accessories, men’s trousers and shorts, jackets and blazers, jute and jute goods, leather and leather goods, dry cell battery, fan, watch, potato, condensed milk, cement, toothbrush, plywood, particleboard, mineral and carbonated water, green tea, orange juice, pineapple juice, and guava juice.