Ambassador to Bangladesh Promotes PH Packaged Food Products, I.T. Exports

Ambassador to Bangladesh Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo and Bangladesh’s Acting Chief Controller for Import and Export (CCIE) Anup Kumar Saha discuss ways to increase trade between the Philippines and Bangladesh during a meeting at the CCIE office in Dhaka on 29 January 2019. (Dhaka PE photo)

DHAKA 16 February 2019 – Ambassador to Bangladesh Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo called on the Bangladesh’s Acting Chief Controller for Import and Export (CCIE) Anup Kumar Saha at the CCIE headquarters in Dhaka on 29 January 2019 to encourage the deepening of trade relations between the Philippines and Bangladesh.

Ambassador Bandillo emphasized that Philippine exports such as electronic and computer component products would be helpful and instrumental as Bangladesh paves its road towards its Digital Bangladesh vision, which aspires to promote the maximum use of technology to improve the daily lives of the Bangladeshi people.

He also spoke highly of the Philippine packaged food industry, which could provide Bangladeshi consumers high quality and delicious selections of snack foods and canned goods.

Acting Chief Controller Saha expressed appreciation for the Ambassador’s visit and arranged a presentation for the Philippine Embassy in Dhaka delegation that contained the latest figures on Bangladeshi imports and exports, as well as the rules and procedures that the CCIE implements in its operations.

He also told the Ambassador that it is important to bridge information gaps not just between the business sectors of Bangladesh and the Philippines, but also between the government representatives that provide guidance to companies.

Mr. Saha thanked Ambassador Bandillo for his proactive role in bridging such gaps and welcomed increased exchanges in the future. END

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