Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said that the government has set a target of exporting products worth US$48 billion in 2021 and the local industries including Walton has been making remarkable contribution to achieve this target.
He said that the national brand Walton is doing great job not only in television but also all over the electronics sector.
Minister was addressing a celebration titled “Highest Television Export in 2020”, organised by Walton at its Corporate Office in the capital on Thursday.
Commerce Minister attended the programme virtually as the chief guest while Additional Secretary of Commerce Ministry Hafizur Rahman, Bangladesh Ambassador in Greece Ashud Ahmed, Deputy Ambassador of Denmark Embassy in Dhaka Refika Hayta and Head of Danish Trade Mission Ali Mushtaq Butt were present as special guests.
While addressing, Additional Secretary Hafizur Rahman said that Walton is making significant contribution to the national export earnings and also employment generation.
Terming Walton’s growth at domestic and international market as heyday, WHIL MD Engineer Golam Murshed said, “Along with making significant contribution to the country’s economic prosperity, we want to enhance the image of the country by carrying the flag of Bangladesh high across the world’s electronics and hi-tech industrial sector”.
In 2020, Walton exported television to Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Spain, and other countries which is 10 times more compare to that of 2019.
Now, Walton is the leading television exporting company in Bangladesh, Walton TV’s CEO Engineer Mostafa Nahid Hossain said that they are manufacturing television from the very core of designing and updating latest technology into it.
He noted, “We are getting very good response from the global consumers from different developed countries due to their reliability on latest technology and product quality. Consequently, we are working with a mission to be among the top five0 television manufacturer of the world and a vision to ship Walton made television to all the countries in five continents within 2023.”
The programme was also attended by Walton Hi-Tech Industries Limited (WHIL) Vice-Chairman S M Shamsul Alam, directors Raisa Sigma Hima and Rifah Tasnia Swarna, Managing Director Engineer Golam Murshed, Deputy Managing Director Humayun Kabir, International Business Unit (IBU) President Edward Kim, Walton TV’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Engineer Mostafa Nahid Hossain, WHIL’s Executive Director Firoj Alam and Head of Europe Business Engineer Tauseef Al Mahmud.
