Dhaka, Sept. 18 -- Prime Minister's Private Sector Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman has urged Saudi Arabia to give duty-free access to some 137 Bangladeshi products to the Saudi Arabian market.

Salman, who is now in Saudi Arabia, made the call at a virtual meeting with Saudi Minister of Commerce and Investment Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi, reports BSS.

The prime minister's adviser mentioned that Saudi Arabia imports RMG, leather goods, plastic goods, frozen fish and pharmaceuticals from Bangladesh.

Salman said that Saudi Arabia could take necessary steps to import halal meat from Bangladesh and thus could minimise the trade imbalance between the two countries.

The current bilateral trade volume between Bangladesh and Sa...