First-ever Bangladesh Trade Centre opens in Port of Spain
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
FE report
The country's first trade centre in a foreign country - Bangladesh Trade Centre (BTC) - has been established in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, aiming at finding new trade and investment opportunities in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Commerce Minister Faruk Khan, who was in Port of Spain to attend Commonwealth summit, inaugurated the high-tech centre at Trinicity Industrial Estate on November 27 last.
The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) opened the BTC aiming at diversifying the country's export items by reducing dependency on the existing and limited traditional items, officials said.
They said the first ever trade centre has been equipped with all kinds of business and investment-related information including the country's exportable items, lists of exporters, export and import policy and data for traders to facilitate the future importers in getting doorstep information.
"Attempts will also be taken to sell wholesale products on demand from the Caribbean buyers," said an EPB official adding that the centre would also be equipped to conduct one-2-one business meetings through video conference to enable Bangladeshi sellers and Caribbean buyers to do business.
The country's first trade centre in a foreign country - Bangladesh Trade Centre (BTC) - has been established in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, aiming at finding new trade and investment opportunities in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Commerce Minister Faruk Khan, who was in Port of Spain to attend Commonwealth summit, inaugurated the high-tech centre at Trinicity Industrial Estate on November 27 last.
The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) opened the BTC aiming at diversifying the country's export items by reducing dependency on the existing and limited traditional items, officials said.
They said the first ever trade centre has been equipped with all kinds of business and investment-related information including the country's exportable items, lists of exporters, export and import policy and data for traders to facilitate the future importers in getting doorstep information.
"Attempts will also be taken to sell wholesale products on demand from the Caribbean buyers," said an EPB official adding that the centre would also be equipped to conduct one-2-one business meetings through video conference to enable Bangladeshi sellers and Caribbean buyers to do business.