The New Nation - Internet Edition

BUSINESS REPORT

The Japan External Trade Organisation, JETRO, will facilitate the food manufacturing companies of developing countries including, Bangladesh, to participate in the FOODEX-2009 in Japan.

FOODEX, the largest food and beverage exhibition in Asia, will be held on March 3-6 next year at Makuhari Messe in Chiba of Japan. The exhibition will have a special pavilion styled JETRO Zone.

The objective of JETRO is to boost export from developing countries to Japan through providing assistance to the food companies in developing countries.

The JETRO Zone will provide each of the exhibitors from developing countries with booth decorations and equipments, and shared basis interpreters.

In addition to free consultation services by Japanese experts on Japan's food industry and seminars on the Japanese food market, JETRO will provide 70 per cent subsidy of the fee to the participating companies from the developing countries. JETRO Dhaka office has invited Bangladeshi companies to apply for participation in the fair by October 09 and get necessary information on its web address www. jetro.go. jp/ bangladesh