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Trade and Commerce

Past Trade

There is no resemblance between the slogan 'Paddy-river-canal in these three Barishal' and the once Barishal known as Bakla-Chandradwip. Barishal division was full of rivers and canals. In addition to agricultural crops, betel and coconut were produced in large quantities. Betel business centers were established in several places including Daulatkhan, Amtali, Patarhat, Nalchiti, Nilganj and Galua. Now there is no yield like before. So the business centers are lost. Burmese and Chinese used to come to Barishal to buy betel nuts. Chinese traders lived in the port. They still have some graves in Nalchiti. Betel was exported from different ports of Barishal to Kolkata, Chittagong and Rangoon. The people of Burma used to make a kind of color with betel nut (boiled). There were three types of betel nut: tati, magai and veja. After drying the wet betel he is called magai. Coconut was next to the betel nut. Coconut was widely grown all over Barishal. In 1894-95, 7 lakh coconuts were sent from Barishal to various places including Kolkata, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Pabna. Besides paddy, betel nut and betel, dates and sugarcane were cultivated in large quantities. Sugar was made with sugarcane juice. World poet Rabindranath Tagore opened a business in Barishal by buying sugarcane threshing mills to make sugar. At that time a large quantity of betel was produced in the north of Barishal. Drinks were shipped from the Turkish business center to different districts of the country. In 1875 a small amount of cotton was also cultivated in Hijla and Mehendiganj. Besides, in the fertile soil of Barishal, pepper, sesame, linseed, mustard, lentil, kalai, kachu and other rabi crops were produced.

Until 1872, there were 14,000 weavers in Barishal district. The Kapalis of Patihar in Gournadi used to make sacks (sacks) out of jute and the Muslims of the Bisshwo villages used to make desi paper. Lime was made from oysters and snails. A class of people used to sell it for paddy in sailing boats. In the month of Agrahayan-Poush, the business of pottery made of lime and clay was flourishing. Food production has declined as rivers and canals have been filled. The betel and coconut orchards are on the verge of extinction due to the disappearance of the river. The Barishal division used to have two ebbs and flows in 24 hours. Tides lasted more than 6 hours at a time. During the rainy season, the full moon and the tide of the new moon increase the water level by 10 to 12 feet. At low tide the water would rise 4 to 5 feet. Depending on the ebb and flow of the crop, the farmers would produce a large crop. Barishal was then known as the grain storehouse of Bengal. Balam rice of Barishal was very famous to the people of this subcontinent. Now there is no ebb and flow. The crop lands of the south have also lost their fertile power. So with the word Venice in the East, the tradition of grain store and balam rice has disappeared.

At once there was a lot of trade and commerce in this region centered on Barishal. After 1757, English merchants used to come to Bakerganj and Barikaran by sea for trade. Their attraction was towards rice, salt and betel nut in the region. The Portuguese came to trade in Bakla and Chandradwip (the original name of Barishal). They mainly traded in Bakerganj and Patuakhali districts. At that time Dhaka-Calcutta traders used to travel by river. From Dhaka the English trade route was extended to Calcutta through Padma, Meghna, Arialkha, Sugandha, Dhansiri, Damodar rivers of Pirojpur, Baleshwar and Bhairab rivers. Trade slowed down after the Dhaka, Kolkata, Haldia and Daulatdia routes were closed. The former trading ports have been destroyed in the evolution of time.

Present Trade

The following are some of the famous industrial establishments of Barishal:

Organization Name: Opso Pharma

Type: Large

Address: Bogra Road, Barishal

Produced Products: Pharmaceuticals

Ownership: Privately Owned

Organization Name: Opso Saline

Type: Large

Address: Bogra Road, Barishal

Produced Product: Saline

Ownership: Privately Owned

Company Name: Anchor Cement

Type: Large

 Address: Dapadapia, Barishal

Produced Products: Cement

Ownership: Privately Owned