The four-day Expo that began on February 21 ended a day earlier due to various reasons, including inadequate participants, according to the organisers.

"We had to end the fair one day before... we didn't get adequate participants as a number of Bangladeshi traders failed to get visa," project director of the Expo Bangladesh Mirza Zillur Rahman told the news agency.

He said the buyers gave spot orders for various items, including dry fish, mustard oil, readymade garments, jute bags, handicrafts and textiles.

Bangladesh-British Trade Cooperation organised the event to showcase Bangladeshi products abroad. The aim of the fair was to patronise Bangladeshi small entrepreneurs.

The United Kingdom, the third largest destination for Bangladesh products, particularly RMG, after USA and Germany, account for about 10.91 percent of the country's total exports.