All necessary licences and product inspection certificates for fish and seafood imports and exports will now be available online.

It is expected that the initiative will make the import-export process of fish and fishery products in Bangladesh even more convenient and increase their acceptability in the global market, according to service providers.

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim inaugurated the automation of the e-certification and laboratory information management service related to fish and animal product imports and exports in Dhaka on Wednesday. The inauguration was jointly organised by the Department of Fisheries and the Bangladesh Trade Facilitation Project financed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).