Two delegations left the country on Friday to attend the 18th Kunming Import and Export Commodities Fair.

The delegates are members of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and Bangladesh Indenting Agents Association (BIAA).

DCCI Vice President M Shahjahan Khan is the leader of the 32-member chamber team, and BIAA President Shabbir Ahmed Khan is leading another 10-member team, according to separate statements.

Members of DCCI, coorganiser of the fair, will return on June 11.

The BIAA delegation went to the fair on an invitation of China Council for Promotion of International Itade (CCPIT). It will also attend the fifth Asian Business Forum after the commodities fair that ends on June 10.

The BIAA chief will present a keynote paper on trade collaboration at the forum and is expected to renew the existing memorandum of understanding between his organisation and CCPIT.

"Bangladesh will have unique opportunities to display handicrafts and cottage products and readymade garments, leather and leather goods, artificial jewelleries and jute goods in the fair," the DCCI statement said.

The show will expand the Bangladeshi products' market and strengthen the bilateral trade between the two countries, the chamber added.