Biz-Econ

PRAN bags $5 million spot orders at Gulfood-2017

PRAN, a leading food processor in Bangladesh, participated in Gulfood, one of the largest food events in the world.Over 4200 exhibitors from 99 countries participated in the fair held at Dubai World Trade Center in UAE.The fair began on February 26 and ended on March 2.The Bangladeshi food and Agro processor bagged export orders worth around $5 million during the five-day fair.PRAN Group has been participating in the fair since 2013. This year the group displayed its 300 products in two stalls.Md Mizanur Rahman, chief of export at PRAN Group, said Gulfood Fair is one of the largest food and hospitality fairs in the world. Traders and buyers come to this fair from every corner of the globe.Mizanur went on saying ‘traders from different countries display their products in different categories to buyers to get profitable business deals at the fair. In this year, we have received fabulous response from the buyers.’Now, PRAN exports its products to 134 countries. The Group has exported $184 million worth of products last year.