Bangladesh government may appoint business consultants in markets abroad

Bangladesh government may appoint business consultants in markets abroad

Published 02 Apr,2021 via The Financial Express - The government has initiated a process to appoint business development consultants in different countries to help boost exports through diversification of the market, officials said.

They said such consultants would be posted first in two developed countries - the USA and Japan - to find export opportunities there during the Covid-19 pandemic and post-pandemic periods.

Based on the outcome, the government will then appoint the consultants gradually to a good number of developed countries including UK and the Middle East (traditionally called the Far East), they added.

The Ministry of Commerce (MoC), Information and Communication Technology Division and Business Promotion Council will jointly work on implementing the programme amid a declining trend of export earnings due to the pandemic.

The country's export earnings during the first eight months (July-February) of the current fiscal year (FY2020-21) declined by 1.45 per cent to US$ 25.86 billion as compared to the corresponding period of last