India, Bhutan to have 7 additional entry and exit points for trade

New Delhi: The trade between India and Bhutan has more than doubled since 2014. It has reached one thousand 83 million dollar in 2020-21 from 484 million dollar in 2014-15. The Commerce Secretary Level meeting between India and Bhutan was held in New Delhi yesterday on trade and transit issues.

The Indian delegation was led by Secretary, Department of Commerce B.V.R. Subrahmanyam and the Bhutanese delegation was led by Dasho Karma Tshering,



Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs.

The two sides held extensive discussions on the current trade and transit issues including measures to further strengthen bilateral trade relations and issues of mutual interest, on ways to increase trade connectivity between the two countries. Through Letters of Exchange, seven additional entry and exit points for trade between India and Bhutan were formalized.