7th Int'l electric expo on 9-11 March
The three-day expo will be held at International Convention City Bashundhara
The "7th International Electric Expo Bangladesh 2023" will be held in Dhaka with the aim of boosting the exports of high-quality electrical products manufactured in the country.
The Bangladesh Electrical Merchandise Manufacturers Association (Bemma) and WEM Bangladesh Limited are jointly organising the three-day fair on March 9-11, 2023 at the International Convention City Bashundhara, said Bemma President Mohammad Aftab Jabed in a press conference held at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) auditorium on Monday.
A total of 120 stalls of 150 brands, 40 foreign representatives, and 80 exhibitors will be set up in the expo, he said.
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Apart from the host Bangladesh, Aftab Jabed said, Nepal, Bhutan, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysian manufacturers will also display their electrical products at this fair.
In addition to product exhibition, business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) meetings will also be held at the venue, he added.
Highlighting the electric sector, Enayet Hossain Chowdhury, the vice-chairman of the Light Engineering Industry Skills Council, Bangladesh, said electric products have the potential for diversification of export earnings.
"We have already made a bold move on local electric goods production and the quality of our products is the same as foreign products. Once, all kinds of bulbs were imported from abroad, but now these are being made in the country and meeting most of the local demand. Like this, local companies are now the leader in the cable market too."
"We have to move forward and grab a chunk of the foreign market and government patronisation is crucial for this," he said, expressing hope that this fair would widen the window for the local electric goods exports.
