It is organised by the Export Promotion Bureau in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce of the Government of Bangladesh.

Since its inauguration on 1 December 1995, DITF was held annually at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka, near the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.

[3] Starting on 1 January 2022, the fair has been relocated to the Bangladesh–China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal,[4] a suburban area of Dhaka.

The fair hosts participants from Bangladeshi companies as well as international businesses.

A wide range of local and foreign products is displayed, including but not limited to electronics, cars, porcelain ware, machinery, carpets, toys, ceramics, fabrics, melamine ware, sanitary products, handicrafts, ready-made garments, home appliances, processed foods, furniture, textiles, plastic goods, jute products, winter clothes, leather goods, cosmetics, sports goods, and jewelry.