 | Bangladesh emerges as second-best Danish business spot
17 March, 2011
Bangladesh has come out as the second-best choice of Danish entrepreneurs after Chinese trade hub Shanghai throughout the year 2010, as per a Danish survey.
"End of every year, we conduct an internal survey among all Danish missions abroad to know about our entrepreneurs' intention, and last year we found Bangladesh was made the second choice after Shanghai," said Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Svend Olling to the news agency yesterday.
The Danish envoy said it is a clear indication of the fast growing business potentiality of Bangladesh to foreign entrepreneurs.
"We increased our commercial strength in this country four times last year and once in last two months to fulfil the queries of our businessmen back home."
The commercial section of the Danish embassy in Dhaka provides business consultancy with a fixed amount of charge to Danish companies who want to explore and work with or in Bangladesh.
"Last year, the section achieved 400 percent more revenue than the target," the ambassador said.
Danish businessmen knew very little about the positive image of Bangladesh on which the embassy is now working, he said.
Noting that the embassy now encourages Danish entrepreneurs to visit Bangladesh, the envoy said after visiting the country most of the Danish businessmen said 'hey it's a good country, we met some wonderful people .... we can do business here'.
Ten Danish companies visited Bangladesh and held meetings with 45 local companies to discuss joint business opportunities in December last year. "We acted as a matchmaker between Danish and Bangladesh enterprises," he said and added the embassy currently plans to arrange a Danish textile delegation to visit Bangladesh in May.
Olling said 20 Danish companies have started business in Bangladesh and four participated in the last BASIS SoftExpo while several Danish ship importers are keeping contact with the growing shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh.
Release link:http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=177962
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