India has become an attractive destination for apparel sourcing due to its fairly high level of complaint factories engaged in apparel manufacturing and exports, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) chairman A Sakthivel told mediamen in ...
Tags: Apparel Sourcing, garment exports
Indonesia, one of the leading textile and apparel platforms in the Southeast Asian region, could become the new destination for the global apparel buyers after China, mainly due to low production cost and availability of cheap labor. ...
Global apparel buyers expressed their concern over frequent accidents in the country's apparel sector, including the latest Savar tragedy, and demanded coordinated efforts from the government and apparel leaders to ensure safety. We are ...
Tags: Bgmea, Savar Like Tragedies
Low production cost, tax incentives from developed countries and rising expenses in competing countries such as India and China are benefitting the Bangladesh readymade (RMG) sector, said Bangladesh Commerce Minister Ghulam Muhammed Quader. ...
Tags: low production, RMG sector, CII
AEPC as part of its export promotion initiatives for the first time has organized BSM for apparel and related accessories in New York, USA. The BSM was held between 28th and 29thJanuary 2013 at the Penn Plaza Pavilion, at New York. Ms. ...
Tags: AEPC, export promotion initiatives, apparel
The 2nd Stakeholder' Consultation / AEPC Stakeholder Forum meet convened on January 20, 2013. The second stakeholder consultation was organized to discuss and consult the DISHA facilitation programme methodology being implemented in Garment ...
Tags: India, Garment Makers, Code of Compliance
Several Chinese delegates have visited Bangladesh in recent past in order to explore the potential of readymade garment (RMG) sector in the country. Speaking to fibre2fashion, Mr. Md. Shafiul Islam, president of Bangladesh Garment ...
Tags: Chinese delegates, Bangladesh, readymade garment sector, RMG
Although Myanmar is investing in a huge new port to attract the global buyers, Bangladesh readymade garment (RMG) exporters do not face any challenge from the neighboring country. Mr. Nasir Uddin Chowdhary, first vice-president of ...
Tags: garment, RMG, Garment Manufacturers, apparel buyers
The delay in reviewing the US tariff reduction facility – Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) – will create a negative impact on the trade relation between Bangladesh and the US, especially exports of Bangladeshi readymade ...
Tags: Generalized System of Preferences, GSP, readymade garments, AFL-CIO
In the wake of recent fire accident that killed more than 110 people at a readymade garment(RMG)manufacturing unit in Bangladesh,global apparel buyers have suggested measures to avoid repetition of such incidents in future. At a meeting ...
Tags: fire accident, readymade garment, BGMEA, garment factories