Economic Reporter :
DCCI President Osama Taseer on Saturday said Agriculture and food product was the 2nd largest export sector in Bangladesh exporting $1.4 billion in FY2018-19 after RMG sector.
“To expand the export volume and export basket of Bangladesh, we need to ensure quality and standard of our food products,” Taseer said while speaking at a seminar on “Ensuring Safe and Halal Food: present context and necessary measures” organized by Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) at its office in the city.
The DCCI president also said that because of weak infrastructure, inadequate eco-system, weak standard quality certification and low value addition we are failing behind in conformity assessment and losing competitiveness in international market.
“The Muslim population will increase 35 percent in the next 20 years across the world. The global Islamic market is around USD2.1 trillion which contributes to 11.9 percent of the world expenditure. Globally Muslim nations spent USD1.3 trillion in 2017 for food and beverages. Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and Thailand are leading the Halal market suppliers in recent time,” he informed.
Supporting private sector in research and capacity building, proper policy support, build international certification process, economic zones dedicated for Halal products and new policy support incorporating scopes and guidelines of Halal business, he recommended.
Ambassador of UAE in Bangladesh Saed Mohammed Al-Muhairi said that the popularity of Halal foods and other consumer items have been rising even among the non-Muslim populations around the world as halal foods are hygienic and healthy.
The global consumption value of Halal food increase with 8.14 percent average growth rate and over the next five years the Halal food market will register a 6.1 percent compound annual growth rate in terms of revenue, he said.
Bangladesh will soon enter into not only UAE market but also into the global market of Halal products, he hoped.
Director General of Islamic Foundation Shamim Mohammad Afjal urged to establish some sort of One Stop Service point under BSTI for Halal certification and testing. He emphasized on adopting science and technology to for the development of Halal certification process.
DCCI President Osama Taseer on Saturday said Agriculture and food product was the 2nd largest export sector in Bangladesh exporting $1.4 billion in FY2018-19 after RMG sector.
“To expand the export volume and export basket of Bangladesh, we need to ensure quality and standard of our food products,” Taseer said while speaking at a seminar on “Ensuring Safe and Halal Food: present context and necessary measures” organized by Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) at its office in the city.
The DCCI president also said that because of weak infrastructure, inadequate eco-system, weak standard quality certification and low value addition we are failing behind in conformity assessment and losing competitiveness in international market.
“The Muslim population will increase 35 percent in the next 20 years across the world. The global Islamic market is around USD2.1 trillion which contributes to 11.9 percent of the world expenditure. Globally Muslim nations spent USD1.3 trillion in 2017 for food and beverages. Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and Thailand are leading the Halal market suppliers in recent time,” he informed.
Supporting private sector in research and capacity building, proper policy support, build international certification process, economic zones dedicated for Halal products and new policy support incorporating scopes and guidelines of Halal business, he recommended.
Ambassador of UAE in Bangladesh Saed Mohammed Al-Muhairi said that the popularity of Halal foods and other consumer items have been rising even among the non-Muslim populations around the world as halal foods are hygienic and healthy.
The global consumption value of Halal food increase with 8.14 percent average growth rate and over the next five years the Halal food market will register a 6.1 percent compound annual growth rate in terms of revenue, he said.
Bangladesh will soon enter into not only UAE market but also into the global market of Halal products, he hoped.
Director General of Islamic Foundation Shamim Mohammad Afjal urged to establish some sort of One Stop Service point under BSTI for Halal certification and testing. He emphasized on adopting science and technology to for the development of Halal certification process.
