South Korean and foreign visitors expressed their keen interest in Bangladeshi food products while visiting the Bangladesh pavilion at the “Gwangju Food Fair-2022” held in Gwangju, South Korea from October 13 to 16.

Bangladesh exhibited its food and food products including cookies, spice food products, noodles, beverages, oil products and sauces food products at the fair.

This year organisations from nine countries including Bangladesh and South Korea participated in the fair and exhibited their food and food products through 115 booths (08 foreigners and 107 Koreans).

A good number of Korean and foreign visitors visited the pavilion of the Embassy of Bangladesh.

Kang Gijung, Mayor of Gwangju City, inaugurated the fair on October 13 and visited the pavilions accompanied by other guests, said the Embassy of Bangladesh in Seoul on Sunday.

The presentation of the Bangladesh Pavilion was appreciated by the organisers and visitors and created considerable interest among them in Bangladeshi food, said the Embassy in a media release.

At the four-day fair, detailed information about different types of Bangladeshi food was presented to the visitors.

Leaflets, posters and brochures on Bangladeshi food items were displayed and distributed to the visitors at the fair.

This fair was an ideal opportunity to promote Bangladeshi food to Korean and foreign importers from different countries.

Bangladesh’s participation in the food fair is expected to enhance the bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Korea in the future, said the Embassy.