Star Business Report

Bangladesh’s leading food processor Pran has bagged $3.5 million worth of export orders from buyers in 76 countries at the Gulfood fair, one of the largest food fairs in the world.

Biscuit, noodles and confectionery items accounted for about 50 per cent of the order, the company said in a press release yesterday.

“Pran has received good response from the buyers in the fair,” said Mizanur Rahman, Pran’s executive director for export.

The five-day fair at the Dubai World Trade Centre in the UAE ended on February 25. About 2,500 exhibitors from 85 countries took part in the showcase. Rahman said the company secured most of the spot orders from Germany, England, Ghana, Mali, South Africa, and Yemen.

The group displayed around 500 products in 10 categories, including juice and beverage, confectionary, snacks, biscuit and bakery, culinary, dairy, spice and frozen items.