The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

PRAN-RFL, the country's one of the leading beverage and allied food products manufacturing companies, on Saturday signed export contracts of 2.5 million US dollars with two leading trading companies of the Middle East.

According to a press release of PRAN-RFL, under the agreement with Saudi-based M/s Ahmed Al Wadaani Est Trading, PRAN-RFL products worth US Dollar 1.5 million would be exported to Saudi Arabia for next one year.

Through another contract signed with Qatar-based Aspen Trading and Contracting Company, PRAN-RFL would export products of 1.0 million US dollars to Qatar for next one year.

The contracts were signed by Abul Kashem, representative of M/s Ahmed Al Wadaani Est trading and Md Abdul Wadud, representative of Aspen Trading and Contracting Company.

On behalf of PRAN-RFL Group, Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director of the Group, signed the agreement.

Abul Kashem told the signing ceremony that there was a huge potential of Bangladeshi processed agro food products abroad, especially in the Middle East.

Abdul Wadud said the Bangladeshi food products were not only consumed by expatriate Bangladeshis but the products become more popular among the foreigners because of their quality.

Ahsan Khan Chowdhury said PRAN products are not being exported only to Middle East but also to 70 other countries all over the world including the Africa, America and other European countries.