Swedish delegation arrives to tap business potential
A trade delegation from Sweden arrived in Dhaka for a three-day visit on Monday to explore business opportunities in the infrastructure and transport sectors in Bangladesh.
The delegation includes representatives from Swedish companies and organisations such as ABB, Flir, Ericsson, Swedish Export Credits Guarantee Board, Hifab, Indpro, Scania, Swedish Export Credit Corporation, SEB, Sweden-Bangladesh Business Council and Volvo.
The delegation will meet government representatives and various government agencies and boards, as well as private companies, according to a statement from the Swedish Embassy in Dhaka yesterday.
Johan Frisell, Swedish ambassador in Dhaka, said as part of the Bangladeshi government's vision to transform the country into a middle-income country by 2021, investments are needed in infrastructure, including power and energy, telecommunications, water resources, roads, bridges, railways and ports.
“These are areas where Swedish knowledge and innovations are prominent and where Swedish companies have solutions to offer.” Trade between the two countries has developed in a positive way. At the moment, trade with Bangladesh accounts for 0.06 percent of Sweden's total exports and 0.18 percent of imports.
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