Pearls for export
Friday, 21 September 2007
NATURAL pearls have high demand in the international market. The same are valued and bring good amounts in foreign currencies. Natural pearls are sought after in countries with high purchasing power such as Japan, China and Europe where the same are used by fashionable women as ornaments or as part of the embellishments of ornaments.
Bangladesh with so much water or water bodies have some of the best breeding grounds for snails that hold the pearls. The coastal islands of the country have similar prospects.
But unfortunately, the pearls are presently extracted haphazardly and from the process neither their producers or few exporters are much benefited. Besides, the traditional way of extracting pearls lead to much wastage. Snails before their maturity are sometimes broken open but the immature snails do not have pearls. But there are technologies available that allow a sort of x-raying on the spot to know if a snail has a pearl inside it. This technology can be made available to our producers to stop waste. Besides, they should be generously aided with other technological, financial and marketing supports by government and other bodies. The exporters should be helped likewise. The planned breeding of snails for the pearls can be encouraged.
All of these measures, if taken, can probably open up a rich new vein of exports.
Abdul Hamid
Nowapara
Khulna
Bangladesh with so much water or water bodies have some of the best breeding grounds for snails that hold the pearls. The coastal islands of the country have similar prospects.
But unfortunately, the pearls are presently extracted haphazardly and from the process neither their producers or few exporters are much benefited. Besides, the traditional way of extracting pearls lead to much wastage. Snails before their maturity are sometimes broken open but the immature snails do not have pearls. But there are technologies available that allow a sort of x-raying on the spot to know if a snail has a pearl inside it. This technology can be made available to our producers to stop waste. Besides, they should be generously aided with other technological, financial and marketing supports by government and other bodies. The exporters should be helped likewise. The planned breeding of snails for the pearls can be encouraged.
All of these measures, if taken, can probably open up a rich new vein of exports.
Abdul Hamid
Nowapara
Khulna