Global Sourcing Expo opens today

The three-day Global Sourcing Expo 2026 is set to open today at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal, showcasing Bangladesh’s export potential across 12 sectors with 161 local companies.
Organised by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and the Ministry of Commerce, the expo will feature 240 stalls and international buyers and sourcing representatives from countries including the US, UK, Japan, China, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
EPB Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Mohammad Hasan Arif disclosed the details at a press conference on Saturday.
He said exports grew around 6% in the first four months of the current fiscal year despite global uncertainties and supply chain and energy constraints.
Bangladesh exported goods worth US$48 billion in FY26, with ready-made garments accounting for nearly 81% of the total. Arif stressed the need to diversify export products and markets to reduce dependence on garments and traditional destinations.
Four new sectors have joined this year’s expo: automobiles and bicycles, paper and packaging, ceramics and tableware, and light engineering. Other sectors include apparel, leather, jute, agriculture, plastics, furniture, pharmaceuticals and ICT.
The event will feature B2B meetings, factory visits and four seminars on trade agreements with Japan and the EU, sustainable packaging, and compliance and competitiveness.
Arif said foreign buyers could arrange meetings with exhibitors online in advance, while visiting delegations would be offered factory visits to explore sourcing opportunities.
The EPB is also considering reducing stall fees for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with plans to waive them entirely in future editions to encourage wider participation.