There are many Business and Trade Community formed in Bangladesh. The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) is the most important one. It is the representative organization safeguarding the interest of the private sector in trade and industry in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is the officially recognized apex apparel export trade body of about 5,000 apparel manufacturing units in Bangladesh.
The BGMEA also acts as a pressure group to protect the interests of the RMG sector and acts as a facilitator of trade negotiations with global trade bodies such as the WTO, ILO, and UNCTAD. MCCI, established in 1904, is the oldest and most representative trade organization of Bangladesh having in its membership roll most leading commercial and industrial organizations including almost all the public sector corporations and all multinational companies. The services of the Chamber’s Tribunal of Arbitration, which has been adjudicating commercial disputes for a long time, have earned wide-spread recognition within the country and abroad.
Chambers of Commerce
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry
DCCI Building
65-66 Motijheel C/A
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Phone : 880-2-9552562
Fax : 880-2-9560830
E-mail : info@dhakachamber.com
URL : dcci.org.bd
Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Chamber Building
122-124, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Phone : 9565208-10
Fax : 9565211, 9565212
E-mail : sg@citecho.net, info@mccibd.org
URL : mccibd.org
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FBCCI)
60, Motijheel C/A., Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel : 9560482, 9560102-3
Fax: 880-2-7176030
E-mail: fbcci@bol-online.com
URL : fbcci-bd.org
Trade Associations
Association of Air Cargo Agents of Bangladesh (AACAB)
House 45 (3rd Floor), Road 17, Banani Dhaka
Tel: 9881663, Fax: 9881664
E-mail: acabhq@intechworld.net
Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB)
Sattara Center (15th Floor), 30/A Naya Paltan
VIP Road, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Phone : 9332728, 9332712
Mobile : +880-1715-228953
Fax : 88-02-8355595
E-mail : info@atab.org.bd, atab@citech.net
URL : atab.org.bd
Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA)
BAIRA Bhaban, 130, New Eskaton Road, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Tel : 8359482, 9345587, 9331244
Fax : 880-2-9344979
E-mail : baira1984@gmail.com
URL : baira.org.bd
Bangladesh Leather Goods Manufacturing Association (BLGMA)
3, Outer Circular Road, Rajarbagh, Dhaka
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA)
BGMEA Complex, 23/1 Pantha Path Link Road, Kawran Bazar, Dhaka-1215
Tel : 8140310-20
Fax : 8140322, 8140323
E-mail: info@bgmea.com
URL : bgmea.com.bd
Foreign Trade Bodies in Bangladesh
American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh
Room # 319, Ruphoshi Bangla Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel : 880-2-8330001, 8358060,
Fax : 880-2-8312975, 9349217,
E-mail: amcham@bangla.net, amcham@amchambd.org
URL : amchambd.org
British Trade Center
United Nation Road, Baridhara, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh
Tel : 8822705-9
Fax : 8823437
Foreign Investor’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bangladesh (FICCI)
Shama Homes, Apt. # C-3
House # 59, Road # 1, Block # I,
Banani, Dhaka-1213
Phone: 9893049, 9892913 Fax: 9893058
E-mail: info@ficci.org.bd, ficci@bdcom.net
URL: ficci.org.bd
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Sharif Plaza 3rd Floor
39, Kamal Ataturk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh
Tel: 8818222, 8818223
Fax : 8818224
E-mail : Liton_Sarker@jetro.go.jp, Shariful_Alam@jetro.go.jp
Mobile : +880-191-9539640 (Liton Sarker), +880-191-9199884 (Shariful Alam)
Korean Trade Center, Dhaka (KOTRA)
Molly Capita Centre, 7th Floor,
76 Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Tel : 8824218
Fax : 8823068
E-mail : jmorning@kotra.or.kr
URL : kotra.org.bd
Trade Center of China
Plot # 2 & 4, Block-1, Road # 3, Baridhara, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Tel : 8824862, 8825272
Fax : 8823004