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The article offers news brief related to international trade of India as of September 2016. According to Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, India is planning to boost its export of mangoes to several countries including China. Setting up of the Integrated Development Complex (IDC) in Tripura to increase foreign trade with Bangladesh that will be funded by the Union Commerce Ministry. Increase in shipping of coal to Bangladesh to help lowering fuel trade deficit.

The article focuses on the development of coastal shipping between India and Bangladesh, and its importance for improving bilateral trade and relations between the two neighbouring countries. It focuses on the signing of a treaty on coastal shipping between the two countries, and its positive implications for the development of the textiles industry of Bangladesh.

The article discusses the challenges to the propose bilateral treaties between the governments of India and Bangladesh. These challenges include the impacts to the restrictions on trade potential between two countries, the concept of standard operating procedure (SOP) for operating small river-sea vessels and the threats in marginal profit accruals. It also highlights the issues on security for agricultural interest of farmers in West Bengal, India.

The article mentions the resumption of the India-Bangladesh trade made possible by cargo firm Expo Freight (EFL) via clearing customs procedures of cargo trucks at the Petrapole-Benapole border crossing, as of September 2016.