FBCCI, BBCCI to work together to increase market for Bangladeshi products in UK
The main buyers of Bangladeshi products in the UK are Bangladeshi expatriates
Apart from readymade garments, no other Bangladeshi product is exported to Britain on a large scale.
The main buyers of Bangladeshi products in the UK are Bangladeshi expatriates.
To change this, The FBCCI, the apex trade body of Bangladesh, will work jointly with the British-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BBCCI).
FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin spoke on the matter during a courtesy call paid by BBCCI President Bashir Ahmed at the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FBCCI) offices on Saturday.
Expatriate Bangladeshis of the second and third generation are contributing to the mainstream of the British economy and have strengthened their position.
FBCCI Chief Md Jashim Uddin expressed his keenness to expand the market of Bangladeshi products in the country through them.
To this end, the FBCCI will soon hold a meeting with the visiting BBCCI delegation in Dhaka with traders of agricultural and processed food products, leather goods and footwear and handicrafts of Bangladesh.
Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Export Promotion Bureau, Airports and Civil Aviation Authority will also be invited to the meeting to identify and address export problems in the UK market.
Speaking on the occasion, the BBCCI president said that Bangladeshi exporters are lagging behind in marketing strategy in Britain. Had there been information about the progress of Bangladesh, the interest of British buyers to buy the products of this country would have increased.
The presidents of the two trade organisations have agreed to form a sector-based working group between businessmen of the two countries in the future.
Also present at the meeting were FBCCI Senior Vice President Mostofa Azad Chowdhury Babu, Vice President M A Momen, Md Amin Helaly, Md Habib Ullah Dawn and Director Syed Moazzem Hossain and Ferdousi Begum.