Kathmandu, April 13 -- India and Nepal held the 21st Director-General level talks on Customs Cooperation in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday and Friday, and discussed a host of bilateral issues for enhancing Customs Cooperation between the two countries.

The agenda items of the meeting covered measures to check smuggling; review progress on MoU on Pre-arrival Exchange of Customs Data and Electronic Origin Data Exchange System (EODES); finalization of Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA); facilitation of movement of transit cargo under Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS); automation and digitisation of transit processes; upgradation of border infrastructure; knowledge sharing program and support for capacity development, among othe...