New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- India raised barriers to exports, including high import duties on commodities such as fruits, rice and iron and the use of positive lists for trade with the northeastern states, during trade talks with Bangladesh last week, people familiar with the matter said.

Bangladesh called for removal of restrictions on its exports through Indian land ports and withdrawal of anti-dumping duties on jute products and PET film during the meeting of the joint working group on trade held in New Delhi during October 8-9, the people said on condition of anonymity.

This was the first meeting of a bilateral joint working group after a prolonged gap as the two sides work on normalising bilateral relations, which had witnessed a downsli...