Chattogram International Trade Fair begins Today

The month-long Chattogram International Trade Fair begins in the port city today with a view to promoting and marketing local products at home and abroad.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud is expected to inaugurate the fair, which has been organised by the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) on the railway pologround.

This is the 30th edition of the fair. The CCCI has been holding the fair since 1993.

More than 300 companies from countries such as Bangladesh, India, Thailand and Iran will showcase their products in 400 stalls.

“Various established business groups will also take part in the show,” CCCI President Mahbubul Alam said at a press conference in the chamber’s auditorium on Tuesday.

“Small and medium entrepreneurs from different parts of the country would also participate in the fair to display their products.”

There would be 20 premier pavilions, 56 premier stalls, 94 gold stalls, 48 mega stalls, and 11 food stalls in three separate zones.

Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad, Biswa Sahitya Kendro, blood collection group Sandhani and two other social organisations in the port city have been provided stalls free of costs at the fair as part of the chamber’s social responsibility, the CCCI president said.

The organiser has added a children recreation centre at the fair venue.

–Source: The Daily Star