Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) yesterday witnessed a huge number of visitors as the month-long fair ends today.
Participants said many visitors were busy doing their last-minute shopping at the exhibition. However, they expressed mixed reaction over sales.
Although a few participants said their sales volumes were satisfactory, many said their business at the country's premier trade exhibition was below expectations.
Stalls displaying household products, garments, food items, and cosmetics received good response. But electronics products and machinery failed to attract a good number of visitors like the previous years.
"We have spent nearly Tk 25 lakh on the stall but our profits will not match our investment," said an official of Walton stall.
"We had a target to sell products worth Tk 14.5 million but we have achieved hardly 60 percent of the target," said Afzal Hossain, sales manager of Navana Furniture.
