DITF ends bagging Tk 300cr orders

Defying all odds, purchase orders worth Tk 300 crore were placed with exhibitors of the annual monthlong 27th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2023 at Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal. 

Moreover, there were some 30 lakh to 35 lakh visitors, up 37 per cent year-on-year, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi in a commerce ministry press statement.

Goods worth Tk 100 crore were sold at the fair, which featured some 351 local and foreign stalls, pavilions and mini pavilions. There were 225 in the previous year.

Some 11 lakh entry tickets were sold, with adults being charged Tk 40 and minors Tk 20.

The highest 1.2 lakh tickets were sold on a Friday, one of the two days of the weekend, reports our Narayanganj correspondent.

Some 40,000 tickets were sold on the last day.

At a concluding event on the fair grounds, Munshi and Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi handed over some awards.

In an aesthetic category, 10 pavilions and stalls received the first prize, 13 second and 11 third at the concluding event.

Four companies received the top prize under a women entrepreneur category, three under a best electronics goods category, four under a best furniture producer and exporter category and two under a most innovative goods producer and seller category.

Munshi said the venue was ready to hold other fairs year-round as it contained all necessary facilities, including car parking.

The Export Promotion Bureau and the commerce ministry have been jointly organising the fair since 1995.