Bangladeshi Biscuits tops Middle Eastern markets
A favorite Bangladeshi companion to morning, midday, and
evening tea, biscuits are increasingly also a top export product, especially to
the Middle East. Traditionally sweet or plain, they have lately also been made
savory, winning appeal abroad.
For Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, the president of the Biscuit
Association of Bangladesh, the reason for the growing demand for snacks is that
biscuits are no longer seen as mere nibbles.
This was, according to Bhuiyan, the main factor behind the
10-15 percent growth of the local biscuit market, and also of increasing demand
worldwide.
Bangladeshi Export Promotion Bureau data shows that between
July 2022 and April 2023, or the first 10 months of the 2022-23 fiscal year,
Bangladesh exported biscuits worth more than $30 million. Almost one-third of
the exports, $9 million, went to Saudi Arabia
Source: Arab News