Al Amin :
Bangladesh dry food export rose by 20.85 percent due to the adequate number of processed food makers, cash incentive benefits provided by the government and better pricing.
According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), the country earned about $ 19.8 million during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year 2018-19, which is 20.85 percent higher compared with the immediate past fiscal year.
Exporters said that the increase in the number of processed foods makers, cash incentive benefits provided by the government, better pricing and the quality of the locally made foods facilitated the growth.
More than 50 companies are exporting food products like confectionaries and beverages in the Middle East, South Asia, Africa and European countries.
Though the main buyers of these foods are Bangladeshi expatriates, there grew demands for the dry foods among the foreigners, exporters also said.
According to EPB data, dry foods includes pickle, chutney, mango bar, jam jelly, juice, chanachur, peanuts, biscuits, puffed rice, flattened rice, flour, dried dal/peas, potato crackers, sweets, lassi, potato flakes, puff corn, and canned pineapple.
The United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait and some other countries are the main destinations of the Bangladeshi food products.
Pran, Square, Sajeeb, ACI, Partex, Globe, Bombay Sweets, Star Line Food Products, Akij Foods, BD Foods, Arku and Ahmed Foods lead the exporters, according to Bangladesh Agro-Processors’ Association (BAPA).
Bangladeshi biscuits are showing light in the export market, the Pran official said.
“Initially we had little focus on biscuits. But after getting good response, we increased the number of biscuit items in our export basket,” Kamruzzaman Kamal, Director (marketing) of Pran told the New Nation.
He said that his company is now exporting products in 141 countries across the globe.
The demand for fruit drinks, juice, chanachur (a mixture of spicy dried ingredients), puffed rice, aromatic rice, mustard oil, fried pulses, pickles, jam and jelly is rising, he added.
Ahmed Food’s Managing Director Minhaz Ahmed said the Middle East, Europe and North America and some other Asian and African countries are the export field.
The recent successes in exports are quality food product and the improvement in product quality and the competitive prices of Bangladeshi goods, he added.
Bangladesh dry food export rose by 20.85 percent due to the adequate number of processed food makers, cash incentive benefits provided by the government and better pricing.
According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), the country earned about $ 19.8 million during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year 2018-19, which is 20.85 percent higher compared with the immediate past fiscal year.
Exporters said that the increase in the number of processed foods makers, cash incentive benefits provided by the government, better pricing and the quality of the locally made foods facilitated the growth.
More than 50 companies are exporting food products like confectionaries and beverages in the Middle East, South Asia, Africa and European countries.
Though the main buyers of these foods are Bangladeshi expatriates, there grew demands for the dry foods among the foreigners, exporters also said.
According to EPB data, dry foods includes pickle, chutney, mango bar, jam jelly, juice, chanachur, peanuts, biscuits, puffed rice, flattened rice, flour, dried dal/peas, potato crackers, sweets, lassi, potato flakes, puff corn, and canned pineapple.
The United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait and some other countries are the main destinations of the Bangladeshi food products.
Pran, Square, Sajeeb, ACI, Partex, Globe, Bombay Sweets, Star Line Food Products, Akij Foods, BD Foods, Arku and Ahmed Foods lead the exporters, according to Bangladesh Agro-Processors’ Association (BAPA).
Bangladeshi biscuits are showing light in the export market, the Pran official said.
“Initially we had little focus on biscuits. But after getting good response, we increased the number of biscuit items in our export basket,” Kamruzzaman Kamal, Director (marketing) of Pran told the New Nation.
He said that his company is now exporting products in 141 countries across the globe.
The demand for fruit drinks, juice, chanachur (a mixture of spicy dried ingredients), puffed rice, aromatic rice, mustard oil, fried pulses, pickles, jam and jelly is rising, he added.
Ahmed Food’s Managing Director Minhaz Ahmed said the Middle East, Europe and North America and some other Asian and African countries are the export field.
The recent successes in exports are quality food product and the improvement in product quality and the competitive prices of Bangladeshi goods, he added.
