Strengthening Bangladesh's dairy industry

Bangladesh has emerged as a key player in the global trade arena over the years. The country's economy heavily relies on exports of ready-made garments, textiles, agriculture, and other manufactured goods. However, Bangladesh has faced numerous challenges in trade and trade facilitation, including inadequate infrastructure, cumbersome customs procedures, and logistical bottlenecks. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Bangladesh Trade Facilitation (BTF) project is expanding regional and international trade of agricultural goods and food products. To do this, BTF is addressing systemic constraints at Bangladesh ports; simplifying and automating import and export processes; improving the capacity of government agencies, laboratories, and warehouses; and fostering private and public investment in cold storage and temperature-controlled logistics. The project promotes policy reform and provides technical, logistical, and technological assistance to Government of Bangladesh agencies and agricultural and food industry stakeholders. With the project's support, Bangladesh aims to achieve the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement's Category C measures. BTF also aims to reduce the cost of trade, decrease the release time for consignments, and increase transparency.