The 3-day diversified jute products fair will end on Tuesday at the Jute Diversification Product Centre (JDPC) premises at Monipuri Para.
The JDPC, a concern of the ministry of textile & jute, organized the fair only for JDPC registered entrepreneurs who are producing 282 types of diversified products from jute. A total of 33 stalls of jute-made products participated in the event after a long interval due to Covid-19 pandemic.
The entrepreneurs are happy to get the opportunity of participating in the fair, where products exhibition and sale have happened, said Md. Humayun Kabir Talukder, manager of classical handmade products BD Ltd.
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“We are happy with the huge response of local buyers in the jute diversified products fair, and it needs to be organized in three-month interval for creating awareness about environment-friendly golden fiber,” he added.
People are choosing different types of bags, show-pieces and handicraft items, said Hasina Akter, owner of Fashion & Style, manufacturer of diversified products.
Mohammad Abul Kalam, executive director of JDPC and additional secretary, Ministry of Textile and Jute, told UNB that jute products fair is aimed promoting green items.
He said entrepreneurs are responding well to the ministry's efforts.
Kalam said, both the demand and popularity of jute made diversified products’ are increasing in the global markets as the products are sustainable and have zero pollution level.
The JDPC will organize entrepreneurs and buyers' conferences at the division level to make up the time lost for the pandemic,he said.