The two-day Bangladesh Denim Expo concluded on Wednesday with the participation of thousands of local and international denim producers, buyers and sellers and experts.The participants from a total of 14 countries visiting different stalls of expo tried to learn about their products and get experiences. Some of them were visited the stalls that displayed the equipments and other accessories in the expo.Host of the expo, Bangladesh Denim Expo’s CEO Mosatfiz Uddin, also Managing Director of local denim producer Denim Expert, told the Daily Observer that some 10,000 producers, buyers and sellers and experts registered their names for joining the expo. Of them, almost everyone joined the expo in last two days, despite having hesitations. “The expo is successful, he said.BGMEA’s former President Atiqul Islam said once people thought Denim means jeans. But, the thought now has changed. Different kinds of Denim fabrics are now being produced. It now becomes the key product of modern fashions.The Denim Expo brought all the producers, buyers and sellers and experts of Denim sector under an umbrella. The visitors are interested to visit the expo as they can get all about Denim at a place. Denim products and equipments are being displayed while uses of the equipments are also being trained here. The participants will be benefited from the expo, he added.Ramjan Ali, an official of a Denim product producer company, said that they are joining the expo to show their products to the foreign buyers. Their target group is German buyers. They are also trying to find out suitable fabrics of international companies for their products.Xiajon Fabrics of China displayed their denim fabrics to the expo. Its Vice Chairman Xhun Fang said that they have joined the expo to draw attention of buyers from different countries. They have already discussed with the buyers of different countries about their products.The buyers from the US, UK, China, Turkey, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, Russia, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, UAE, Brazil, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa, Colombia and Tunisia visited the expo at the International Convention City Bashundhara, Dhaka on the inaugural day.A total of 55 exhibitors from Bangladesh, India Pakistan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Brazil, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, South Korea and Vietnam have showcased their products at the expo that began with the theme ‘Natural Denim’, the expo organisers said.
