The Indian view came as a team of experts recently inspected four laboratories -- Bureau Veritas Laboratory at Savar and labs of BSTI (Bangladesh Testing and Standard Institution), BCSIR (Bangladesh Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) and College of Leather Technology (CLT).

The team called for a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI) and Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) to allow Bangladeshi labs to certify the export goods, commerce ministry sources said.

The Indian team also urged the Bangladesh government to have ISO-10725 certificates for the laboratories from the National Accreditation Board Limited (NABL), India.

The experts also made their observation that the BCSIR lab needs technical improvement to certify products meant for export to India.

The inspection took place following Bangladesh's request to allow its laboratories to certify exportable items.

Satta Prakash Gerg, head of Kolkata Central Food Lab, headed the Indian delegation.

Bangladesh made the request to the Indian authorities during the two-day Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting held Dhaka in August 1- 2.

Earlier, Bangladeshi trade experts identified 'Mandatory Testing Requirement (MTR)' as the major non-tariff barrier.

An official of the ministry said currently Bangladeshi exporters face manifold barriers in India.

Bangladeshi exporters now have to wait for a long time for getting MTR certificate. They need to get MTR certificates from Mumbai for leather goods, Lucknow for Jamdani saree and Kolkata for food items.

The Indian team will send its formal observation to Bangladesh soon.