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The committee attributed this to poor customs infrastructure at the border trade points in northeastern region.The northeast region is the gateway to Asean. "The committee, therefore, recommends the department to take note of the infrastructural deficiencies at the border trade centres along the border areas of Nagaland and address them at the earliest." GUWAHATI: A parliamentary committee on commerce, in a report tabled in Lok Sabha on Thursday, said trade with Asean countries faces the threat of China passing off its own goods as those from Asean countries. Of the Asean's member countries, India shares border with Myanmar along four northeastern states, Arunachal Pradesh Manipur and Mizoram . "The committee, while welcoming the efforts being made to augment inland waterways infrastructure in northeastern region stated that it feels that the pace of implementation must be expedited..