Nepal, April 10 -- Customs officials from Nepal and India began bilateral talks in Kathmandu focused on making trade between the two countries smoother while addressing illegal trade and revenue leakage.

Key agenda items include early sharing of export-related data between customs offices, implementing an electronic cargo tracking system on containers shipping goods from third countries via India to Nepal and vice versa, and strengthening quality testing and quarantine mechanisms at border checkpoints, according to Narayan Prasad Regmi, spokesperson for Nepal's Department of Customs.

Nepal has also raised the issue of India recognizing electronic certificates of origin issued under Nepal's National Single Window System. Other priorities...