Chile eyes fruit export to Bangladesh

In order to visualize the opportunities that Bangladesh offers for import of Chilean fresh fruits, a national delegation from that country traveled to Bangladesh. The visit was organized by the Assoc-iation of Fruit Exporters of Chile (ASOEX), ProChile -the Commercial Office of Chile in India with concurrence in Bangladesh and the Honorary Consul of Chile in Bangladesh.

 The mission was formed by a group of representatives of five export companies of fresh fruits from Chile, who were accompanied by the Marketing Director of ASOEX for Asia and Europe, Charif Christian Carvajal; Paulina Escudero, agricultural engineer of ASOEX, the Commercial Attaché of Chile in India with concurrence in Bangladesh, Carolina Vásquez and supported by the Honorary Consul of Chile in the country, Asif A. Chowdhury.

 In this regard, Carvajal said: "This is the first time that the sector conducts a prospection in Bangladesh. We have been in its capital Dhaka, where during the last weekend we conducted business meetings with importers and local distributors on 2nd September, 2018 and also visited the wholesale market and supermarket chains. 

All of this is part of the industry's interest in diversifying markets, betting on emerging markets such as the People's Republic of Bangladesh. "  The Marketing Director of ASOEX added that during the 2016-2017 season, Chile exported 3,707 tons of fresh fruit to this country. Of this amount, 88.7% were apples and 11.3% were table grapes.

"We see with great interest how the market of Bangladesh is evolving. We have witnessed a significant economic growth that we believe will continue to maintain over time." While there are infrastructural and logistical aspects to improve, we think that Chilean fruit has a very great potential within this market, which is having a greater opening and where consumers are beginning to look for new flavors and products. 

The growth of Bangladesh is also producing a growth of the middle class, which is an interesting sector as consumers of our fruits. In addition, it is important to point out that in the Bangladeshi market there is recognition of the quality of Chilean fruits. In short this market is generating interesting conditions which we should not miss, and that is why we carried out this first commercial mission, "said the Commercial Attaché of Chile in India with concurrency in Bangladesh, Carolina Vasquez.

Bangladesh

 Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh, located on the banks of the Buriganga River, where the city and its metropolitan area have a population of approximately 28,399,000 inhabitants, which makes it one of the most populated cities in the world. Meanwhile, the total population of that republic would place it on the eighth position in the world, with more than 167 million inhabitants (Ceso 2016).

 Under the Mogul reign, the city was known as Jahangir Nagar. The modern city was developed, in large part, by the British authorities and soon became the second largest city in Bengal, after Calcutta. With the independence from India, Dhaka became the administrative capital of East Pakistan, before becoming the capital of independent Bangladesh in 1972. 

In the capital, you can find the most developed infrastructure of the country, being the center of political, cultural and economic life of Bangladesh. In the last decades, Dhaka has lived a modernization of the transport, communications and public works of the city.

 According to official sources, Bangladesh's economy grows approximately 6% per year since 2005, and although more than half of GDP is generated through the service sector, almost half of Bangladeshis are employed in the agricultural sector, where Rice is the most important product.

 In relation to GDP, this country reached a total of US $ 686,589 million (2017), and a growth of 7.1% with respect to 2016. It has a GDP per capita of US $ 4,207.  

In terms of how GDP is invested, 67.5% of GDP is concentrated in consumption within households. Regarding the contribution of economic sectors to GDP : agriculture 14.2%, industry 29.2% and services 56.5% (2017). While within the agricultural production include: rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugar cane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oil seeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, and poultry. Imports from this country reach US $ 42.38 billion (2017), especially from markets such as China 21.9%, India 15.3%, and Singapore 5.7% (2017).
Source: https://dailyasianage.com

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