First prospection of the Chilean fresh fruit industry in Bangladesh
In order to visualize the opportunities that Bangladesh offers for exports of Chilean fresh fruits, a national delegation traveled to Bangladesh. The visit was organized by the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association (ASOEX), ProChile -the Commercial Office of Chile in India with concurrence in Bangladesh and the Honorary Consul of Chile in Bangladesh.
The mission was formed by a group of representatives of five export companies of fresh fruits from Chile, who were accompanied by the Marketing Director of ASOEX for Asia and Europe, Charif Christian Carvajal; Paulina Escudero, agricultural engineer of ASOEX, the Commercial Attaché of Chile in India with concurrence in Bangladesh, Carolina Vásquez and supported by the Honorary Consul of Chile in the country, Asif A. Chowdhury. In this regard, Carvajal said: "This is the first time that the sector conducts a prospection in Bangladesh. We have been in its capital Dakha, where during the last weekend we conducted business meetings with importers and local distributors on 2nd September, 2018 and also visited the wholesale market and supermarket chains. All of this is part of the industry's interest in diversifying markets, betting on emerging markets such as the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
" The Marketing Director of ASOEX added that during the 2016-2017 season, Chile exported 3,707 tons of fresh fruit to this country. Of this amount, 88.7% were apples and 11.3% were table grapes.
"We see with great interest how the market of Bangladesh is evolving. We have witnessed a significant economic growth that we believe will continue to maintain over time." While there are infrastructural and logistical aspects to improve, we think that Chilean fruit has a very great potential within this market, which is having a greater opening and where consumers are beginning to look for new flavors and products. In short this market is generating interesting conditions which we should not miss, and that is why we carried out this first commercial mission, "said the Commercial Attaché of Chile in India with concurrency in Bangladesh, Carolina Vasquez.
In order to visualize the opportunities that Bangladesh offers for exports of Chilean fresh fruits, a national delegation traveled to Bangladesh. The visit was organized by the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association (ASOEX), ProChile -the Commercial Office of Chile in India with concurrence in Bangladesh and the Honorary Consul of Chile in Bangladesh.
The mission was formed by a group of representatives of five export companies of fresh fruits from Chile, who were accompanied by the Marketing Director of ASOEX for Asia and Europe, Charif Christian Carvajal; Paulina Escudero, agricultural engineer of ASOEX, the Commercial Attaché of Chile in India with concurrence in Bangladesh, Carolina Vásquez and supported by the Honorary Consul of Chile in the country, Asif A. Chowdhury. In this regard, Carvajal said: "This is the first time that the sector conducts a prospection in Bangladesh. We have been in its capital Dakha, where during the last weekend we conducted business meetings with importers and local distributors on 2nd September, 2018 and also visited the wholesale market and supermarket chains. All of this is part of the industry's interest in diversifying markets, betting on emerging markets such as the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
" The Marketing Director of ASOEX added that during the 2016-2017 season, Chile exported 3,707 tons of fresh fruit to this country. Of this amount, 88.7% were apples and 11.3% were table grapes.
"We see with great interest how the market of Bangladesh is evolving. We have witnessed a significant economic growth that we believe will continue to maintain over time." While there are infrastructural and logistical aspects to improve, we think that Chilean fruit has a very great potential within this market, which is having a greater opening and where consumers are beginning to look for new flavors and products. In short this market is generating interesting conditions which we should not miss, and that is why we carried out this first commercial mission, "said the Commercial Attaché of Chile in India with concurrency in Bangladesh, Carolina Vasquez.
