What is the status of export-import relations between Turkey and Bangladesh?
As of today in 2008 mutual trade is $352 million. It was to the advantage of Bangladesh in the past, but now we are balancing it. This year is definitely better than last year. Last year the mutual trade was $125 million. Based on last year’s numbers I was given a target of $250 million for all of 2008. But I achieved that figure within the first five months. I am still looking to reach $1 billion. We can do this. We are capable of satisfying the Turkish market. We have a very strong ready-made garment market. We have a very strong pharmaceutical sector, also. I visited Minister of Health Recep Akdağ. I told him that the price of medicine in Turkey is too high. We can give Turkey the same medicine at a one-sixth of those prices. We are selling to 60 countries. You know, it is very hard to sell medicine to the United Kingdom and we do that. We will bring a pharmaceutical delegation in the near future and they will give the minister a presentation and will meet the businessmen in the mar
