UMFCCI meets Indian business delegation to boost trade, modernize Sittway Port

The Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) President U Aye Win hosted a meeting with a high-level business delegation from India on 23 January with a view to boosting trade between India and Myanmar by modernizing Sittway Port’s development and transport facilities.
UMFCCI President U Aye Win discussed the promotion of bilateral trade between India and Myanmar with Mr Ashish Sharma, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indian Embassy in Myanmar, and a high-level business delegation led by Mr Rathendra Raman, chairman of the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMP, Kolkata). The topics covered promotion of India-Myanmar bilateral trade, including the upgrading of current operations of Sittway Port, maintenance work, the enhancement of the transport sector and waterways and status of container ships docking at the port.
Additionally, both sides discussed how to improve access to business and employment opportunities, expand bilateral trade through Sittway Port, export to regional countries, create conditions that will facilitate the movement of goods and services, and explore the possibility of establishing a coastal shipping line. — TWA/MKKS