World News | Bhutan's Minister Inaugurates 'Bhutan Store' in New York
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Bhutanese, residing in New York, can now feel a bit closer to their homeland as the new store was inaugurated on Saturday with local food items, textiles, incense, and essential oils.
New York [US], July 30 (ANI): The Bhutanese, residing in New York, can now feel a bit closer to their homeland as the new store was inaugurated on Saturday with local food items, textiles, incense, and essential oils, TheBhutan Live reported.
Bhutan's new shop was opened to meet the demand for locally produced goods and earn convertible currency.
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This shop will be one stop for all Cottage and Small Industry or CSI products and it will sell more than 45 Bhutanese products and 70 per cent of them will be agricultural produce.
A Bhutanese resident in New York City, in partnership with the Druksell Market, the CSI Aggregator in Bhutan, will operate the store.
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‘‘When we talk about going Beyond Bhutan you’re talking about cross-border commerce. When we talk of cross-border commerce then we come across requirements, fulfilling regulatory requirements, fulfilling food certification requirements, these areas where we need to even adapt our product in terms of labelling or packaging,” said Sonam Chophel, the CEO of Druksell Market.
He added that the store is part of a public-private partnership with the Department of Industry. The government supported them with around Nu 2 M to start the store, according to TheBhutan Live.
Talking about the newly inaugurated shop, Bhutan's Industry, Commerce and Employment Minister Karma Dorji, who graced the virtual inaugural event, said it is important to support such kind of business which will promote Bhutanese products and contribute to the economy.
“We also have the benefit if we can sell our products in outside countries. We also earn foreign reserves and thereby contributing to our economy and also creating employment and business opportunities for CSI players and the people that depend on agriculture so they have a good market and niche market," Dorji added.
A similar kind of store was opened in Perth in Australia last year. Currently, it is thriving as many Bhutanese reside in Western Australia, as per TheBhutan Live. (ANI)
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