Industry Overview :

Livestock Industry Covers, Dairy, Poultry, Aquaculture, Wool and Meat Industry under itself. Livestock population in Bangladesh is currently estimated to comprise 25.7 million cattle, 0.83 million buffaloes, 14.8 million goats, 1.9 million sheep, 118.7 million chicken and 34.1 million ducks. People of Bangladesh (153.6 + million) should have 250ml of milk every day, and then the annual national milk demand will be 14.02 million tons (DLS 2013-14). However, at present the country is producing only 6.09 million tons of milk which is only 43.5% of the milk demand in Bangladesh (DLS 2013-14). To fulfill the extra demand, Bangladesh imports a huge amount of powder milk and dairy products. In Bangladesh, cattle, buffalo and goat are considered as dairy animals. Out of total milk production, about 90% is coming from cattle, 8% from goat and the remaining 2% from buffalo (BBS 2012). Commercial poultry industry is growing rapidly in Bangladesh. Estimate shows that poultry population is increasing at the rate of 6.5% + per year in the country. According to a 2006 census completed by the Department of Livestock Services (DLS) and the Poultry Sector Development Project (PSDP), there are approximately 38000+ commercial poultry farms housing 124,10,000 + layers and 107,84,5000+ broilers in Bangladesh. So Dairy & Poultry Exhibition is the platform where you will get the opportunity to do business.