Sarabjit Kaur
Odisha chief secretary A P Padhi on Wednesday met entrepreneurs from Iran, Bangladesh, South Korea and Germany, who have “expressed interest” for boosting trade ties with the state.
The delegates, who attended the ongoing MSME international fair in Bhubaneshwar, “expressed their interest for enhancing trade relations with Odisha in various sectors,” additional chief secretary L N Gupta said.
Padhi said that Odisha has great strength and potential for development of downstream units in aluminium, steel, handloom, apparel, marine and agricultural food processing sectors.
He assured the visiting delegates of all necessary support for setting up manufacturing and processing units in Odisha.
The main areas in which the entrepreneur delegates expressed interest include marine fish, poultry, handloom, food processing, super technology and software, Gupta said.
The MSME trade fair which began here on 5 March will continue till 10 March.
