{"id":7856,"date":"2026-09-08T09:14:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mfa.web7.wons.bt\/rbckolkata\/?page_id=7856"},"modified":"2026-10-14T07:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:27:45","slug":"liaison-transit-office-ministry-of-finance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mfa.web7.wons.bt\/rbckolkata\/liaison-transit-office-ministry-of-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"Liaison &#038; Transit Office, Ministry of Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7856\" class=\"elementor elementor-7856\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd823ad elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd823ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07a1ff6\" data-id=\"07a1ff6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd2bec2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd2bec2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f5cc7e\" data-id=\"9f5cc7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4c2c4c dekoline elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4c2c4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Liaison &amp; Transit Office, Ministry of Finance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ae5ec7\" data-id=\"3ae5ec7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f928a4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f928a4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-92408d3\" data-id=\"92408d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2499f4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2499f4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Following signing of the Trade and Transit Agreement between the Royal Government of Bhutan and Government of Republic of India in 1972, the Liaison and Transit Office (LTO) in Kolkata was established in 1972. The office was created primarily to implement activities stipulated within the Agreement. Ever since its inception, the LTO has played a vital role in facilitating import of goods from various parts of the world to Bhutan. While the volume of import started with modest figures in the 1970s, currently, the volume of import runs in billions of Ngultrum annually. The LTO facilitates clearances of in-transit Third Country origin goods bound for Bhutan from the Kolkata Port, Haldia Port, and the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, monitors the movement of in-transit goods bound to Bhutan through the Indian territories, carry out clearance procedures of third country goods from the sea ports and the airport in Kolkata. The office also makes purchases for the Royal Government and dispatches them to Bhutan. The LTO liaises with Indian Customs, Port Trust Authorities of SMP, and the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security of India.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2de6271\" data-id=\"2de6271\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liaison &amp; Transit Office, Ministry of Finance Following signing of the Trade and Transit Agreement between the Royal Government of Bhutan and Government of Republic of India in 1972, the Liaison and Transit Office (LTO) in Kolkata was established in 1972. 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