The Netherlands Embassy in Dhaka in collaboration with the Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry is organising the exhibition which is first of such event by the European country, says a press release.

The show programme includes an extensive exhibition of catalogues of the Dutch products and services along with video presentations of Dutch prospective sectors.

The show coincides with the Netherlands Management Co-operation Program's (NMCP) regional conference to be held at the same venue.

The Netherlands Embassy will organise more such shows in different cities like Chittagong, Sylhet and Rajshahi this year.

According to the latest annual data of 2002, the Netherlands exported goods to Bangladesh worth 77 million euro while the exports from Bangladesh was about 244 million euro.

The Dutch export basket consists of products like food and live animal, beverages, tobacco, animals and vegetable oils, fats, chemical, machinery and transport equipment.

This catalogue show would help the Bangladeshi business community and the consumers know more about the range of products and services of the Netherlands, the release added.

This show and the subsequent presentations from the embassy are open to all.