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Q1 export earnings cross $4.0b

Mon, 18 Nov 2008 02:16:20 GMT

posted by bangladesheconomy

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51125

Q1 export earnings cross $4.0b

Naim-Ul-Karim

The country’s exports boomed in September, an uninterrupted growth in third consecutive month of the current fiscal year, to power the first quarter’s earning to exceed record $4.0 billion belying apprehensions of possible impact of the financial meltdown in developed economies, officials said Monday.

With addition of the September figures, they said, the country’s export earning in the first quarter, spanning from July to September, stood at nearly $4353 million with an impressive 42 per cent growth over that in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.

Officials and analysts said the country’s export is still out of danger and unlikely to feel the extreme pinch of world financial tsunami which has already started taking its toll on the economies of many developed countries.

They said the country mostly exports low-end products to the global market, demand for which has already risen as recession-hit consumers are showing more interest in buying low-cost goods.

Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) Vice Chairman Shahab Ullah told the FE on the day “The meaning of recession is not that it will affect all the countries. Our exports in September performed very well.”

When asked, he said: “I have earlier told you (this correspondent) that export would continue to grow in September and subsequent months like that in the first two months.”

In July and August of the current (2008-09) fiscal year, the country fetched over $2.903 billion from exports of primary and manufactured goods.

The country shipped goods worth around US$1.54 billion in July, $1.358 billion in August and around $1.450 billion in September with garments belying apprehensions that financial meltdown in the United States and the European Union– Bangladesh’s major markets– would drag down exports.

The EPB, which is yet to formally announce the export data for September, said the performance of the major export items including knitwear, woven garments, frozen foods and leather and leather goods was more than expectation in the final month of the first quarter.

Posted in Economic Growth/GDP/Exports and Foreign Trade

Hot Trend - Sweater Vests

Mon, 4 Nov 2008 20:19:45 GMT

posted by inhabit

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VPOD: Vested Interest

Wed, 28 Aug 2008 16:05:00 GMT

posted by zuburbia

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Square carves niche in Japan food market

Wed, 23 Oct 2008 04:25:45 GMT

posted by bangladesheconomy

http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=59911

Square carves niche in Japan food market
Sohel Parvez

Square Consumer Products Ltd has entered the world’s one of the biggest food markets — Japan — with its spices, puffed and aromatic rice, initially aiming to cater for the needs of Bangladeshi community there.

Although food-related laws are stringent in the world’s second largest economy, the company expects to put on display its products in Japanese superstores in the coming days, an official of Square Consumer said yesterday.

“We are extremely happy for being able to enter the Japan’s food market. I believe it’s an achievement for Bangladesh’s food industry,” said Khurshid Ahmad Farhad, manager (Export) of Square Consumer Products Ltd (SCPL).

“We bagged around $100,000 worth orders for exporting processed foods to Japan in the last two months,” he said. “Our endeavour to search for new markets has helped us enter Japan.”

Industry people said the entry of a local food company into Japan, where more than 10,000 Bangladeshis live, could pave the way for other companies to join its market, which imports around 60 percent of its foods worth US$44 billion a year.

SCPL, the country’s one of the biggest processed foods manufacturers, has started to export its spices mainly chilli, puffed and aromatic rice a couple of months ago after its buyer got clearance from the Japanese authorities on compliance issues.

“We have been exporting to Japan for the last six months, but the export has got momentum two months ago and since then we are exporting on regular basis,” Farhad said.

A sister concern of Square Group, SCPL, which stepped in the global processed food markets in 2002 by exporting to South Korea, now exports to 21 countries in the Middle East, Europe, North America and Pacific region.

The company is recording a steady growth in its export earnings. In 2007, SCPL’s export earnings grew by almost 50 percent to around US$1.2 million from nearly $0.80 million a year ago. In the first nine months of the current year, SCPL earnings touched the $2-million mark, industry people said.

Bangladesh’s processed foods are now being exported to around 70 countries.

While traditional items such as rice and potato flakes remain the country’s largest processed food exports, drinks and snacks have now exceeded fresh vegetables as foreign currency earners, industry people said.

According to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data, exports of agro-processed foods grew by 77 percent to $40.65 million in 2007-08 fiscal year from $22.94 million a year ago.

Khalilur Rahman, director general of EPB, said food-related laws are very stringent in Japan. ‘If any company can enter Japan’s superstores, it’s a big achievement.”

Pran, Eurasia Food Processing (BD), BD Foods, Arku and Square are the leading exporters of processed foods.

Farhad said his company recently entered Greece.

Posted in Economic Growth/GDP/Exports and Foreign Trade, Emerging Industries

Welcome to our wikizine about Sweater Vests

Tue, 16 May 2007 03:41:16 GMT

posted by Tony
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Sweater Vests". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article!