Dhaka, Jan. 15 -- Bangladesh has started commercial export of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to neighbouring India with initial shipment of around 1,000 tonnes per month.

Two privately owned firms - Omera Petroleum and Beximco LPG - are now exporting LPG to Tripura, a landlocked northeastern state of India, by road.

Presently, each of the firms is exporting around 500 tonnes a month, and the volume may climb to around 2,500 tonnes within several months.

"We have started commercial export of LPG to India a couple of weeks ago after carrying out several test runs with a volume of several hundred tonnes," chief executive officer (CEO) of Omera Petroleum Ltd. Shamsul Haque Ahmed told .

The state-run Indian Oil Corporation, or IOC, is impor...