Medicinal Plants &Herbal Products Business Promotion Council (MPHPBPC)

The Government of Bangladesh in its Export Policy 2003-06 (and also in the Export policy 2006-09) recognized the medicinal plants and herbal products as one of the “highest priority” (popularly known as ‘thrust sector’) sectors. It is believed that there exists a domestic market of more than Taka 500 core for the medicinal plants and herbal products. Given the physical and soil conditions of Bangladesh, it is believed that Bangladesh could emerge as a major producer of medicinal plants and herbs primarily to meet its own domestic demand and then go for export market as well if appropriate guidance and supports could be provided to the industry.

Focusing on export diversification, the government is trying to boost up the export potentials of natural medicinal sources & herbal products. Consequently, this council started its journey on 24^th April 2006.

Council Objectives

Although no reliable data are available on the size of the industry, the sector needs special attention in capacity building activities in respect of improving human resources, acquiring appropriate technology, generating information about markets, attaining quality and standards, complying with international norms or codes of conduct, policy support & intervention, etc. Thus the prime objective of forming the Council is to promote the sector so that it achieves competency in the local and global context as well as helps the industry build capacities in the fields of human resources and appropriate technology.

Vision of the Council: Promoting the local market capacity of Medicinal plants & Herbal Product sector which will generate an export market in global arena. 

Mission of the Council: Development of medicinal plants and herbal products through facilitating quality production, improving processing system, human resource development and expanding the export market.

Authority of the Council: According to clause 3.0 of the AOA, the Council has the power to affiliate, admit membership, take-over, assist and to receive assistance from any other society, council, association, company, corporation, firm, government, chambers, international organizations, NGOs, partnership of persons promoting or intending to promote any of the objectives mentioned above.