In cooperation with DEİK/Türkiye-Bangladesh Business Council and Bangladesh Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), on Thursday, September 29, 2022, between 10:30 - 15:30, at Gayrettepe Dedeman Istanbul Hotel, “Turkey – Bangladesh Business Forum and Bilateral Firm Meetings” will be arranged. Rizwan Rahman, President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mosud Mannan, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Ankara, and a business delegation with broad participation from the business world of Bangladesh will participate in the event. In the business forum where business and trade opportunities in Bangladesh will be discussed, bilateral business meetings will be held with companies from Bangladesh.

Offering an important market with a population of 165 million people, Bangladesh achieved an average growth of 7% between 2009 and 2010, making it one of the fastest developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region. In parallel with the pace of economic development of Bangladesh, the need for trade in almost every sector is increasing rapidly. In addition to these developments, the construction sector of Bangladesh has an expectation of 8% growth in every 5 years. Recently, Arçelik, LC Waikiki and Aygaz are among our leading investor companies.

Firms represented in the Bangladesh business delegation mainly desire to hold bilateral meetings in the following sectors:

• Chemical and plastic industry: Polymers, plastic materials and raw materials, pharmaceutical industry, cleaning materials, chemical products, packaging companies, petrochemicals, hygiene products,
• Building and construction: Building and construction materials, ceramics and ceramic products, elevators and related services, aluminium, profiles and composite materials, raw marble blocks, insulation materials and silicones
• Food and agriculture: Food products, sugar and flour products, milk and dairy products, fish products, agricultural and food processing machinery, soybean oil and products, beverages and all kinds of food products, cotton and other agricultural products, fruit, olive oil and products , vitamin and food supplements, meat products

automotive industry

• IT and electronics industry: Software (cybersecurity, IoT), telecommunications, automation services, electrical products and electronic devices
• Machinery industry: Food and agricultural processing machinery, automotive and other heavy industry machinery, refrigeration and refrigerators
• Textiles and furniture: Carpet, ready-to-wear, leather, cotton, luxury goods, jute, all kinds of furniture products, woven and non-woven fabrics, children's clothing and products
• Defense industry and ammunition

In addition to these sectors, there are also many different sectors seeking cooperation opportunities. The Bangladesh business delegation list (Annex 1), the fields of activity of the companies, the details of the sectors they are commercially interested in and the business forum draft program (Annex 2) are presented for your information.

Our member companies that want to participate in the Turkey-Bangladesh Business Forum, which will create significant opportunities for our bilateral trade with Bangladesh, one of the fastest developing countries in the Asia Pacific, are at the link on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 (https://portal.deik.org.tr) /KatilimFormu/1444/18887) and pay the participation fee via the account information below.

Regards,

Annex: Bangladesh business delegation list and Turkey – Bangladesh Business Forum Draft Program

***Annex1- Bangladesh business delegation list

***Annex2- the fields of activity of the companies, the details of the sectors they are commercially interested in and the business forum draft program

Important note

Application and participation conditions:

The participation fee is 270 TL for DEİK members and 354 TL per person for companies that are not DEİK members.

The meeting name must be written in the "description" section during payment.

Sponsorship: There is a sponsorship opportunity within the scope of the said business forum. Our companies wishing to be sponsors are kindly requested to contact DEİK/Turkey-Asia-Pacific Business Councils Regional Directorate.

Contact Person: Aycan Damali, DEİK/ Turkey-Asia Pacific Business Councils Coordinator

e-mail: adamali@deik.org.tr

tel: 0212 339 50 74