The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday urged Nigeria to import Bangladeshi products particularly ceramics, chemical products, leather goods, footwear, light engineering and plastic products, ocean-going vessels, pharmaceuticals and cement.
DCCI president M Sabur Khan made the request when Nigerian high commissioner to Bangladesh stationed in Delhi Ndubuisi V Amaku met him at the DCCI office.
During the meeting, Sabur mentioned that
Nigeria established diplomatic relation with Bangladesh soon after its independence.
The bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Nigeria was only about $14 million in the financial year 2012–13, he said, adding that the present level
of bilateral trade was far from satisfactory and still remained at a very low level.
The DCCI president invited the Nigerian entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh and make joint ventures in the tourism sector.
He informed the Nigerian high commissioner that the DCCI had established a ‘Help desk’ to facilitate trade and business activities.
Ambassador Amaku said the Nigerian government had taken a lot of initiatives to smoothen trade and commerce.
He urged the Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to invest in agriculture, food-processing, pharmaceuticals, medical equipments, ICT and education sectors of Nigeria.
Amaku stressed exchanging business delegation and also close contact at the business-to-business and government-to-government level.
Defence adviser of Nigerian High Commission OB Daji, admin attaché Rotimi O Simoyan, DCCI senior vice-president Nessar Maksud Khan, vice-president Absar Karim Chowdhury and directors KMN Manjurul Hoque, Abul Hossain, M Abu Hurairah, Abdus Salam and Shoaib Choudhury were, among others, present in the meeting.
-With UNB/New Age input
