A total of 13 Bangladeshi RMG manufacturers will participate in apparel expo titled “Texworld – Apparel Sourcing” in mid-September in Paris under the banner of Export Promotion Bureau of Bangladesh. The mega event will continue from September 14 -17. A global range of fashion products from the major manufacturing countries of China, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Pakistan will be displayed at the fair, said a press release of Messe Frankfurt, the organiser. The event is very important for the manufacturers as the retailers generally visit the expo to have a look on the latest fashion collections to choose for the winter and the initial trends for the summer, it added. Bangladesh will have a national pavilion organised by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) of Bangladesh. The companies that will part in the expo include Anjuman Garments, Apparel industry, Four Designs, EU Fashion, Innovation Design, Kimberly Apparel, L’usine Fashion, MK Sweaters, Maruhisa, Nab Fashion, Nazia Apparel, Old Town, Rhyme Design, Tekstil Fashion, Toads Printing, Tex Dhaka and Tex Ebo International. In the last expo, a total of 1,166 exhibitors participated. The fair recorded 15,034 visitors – an increase of 5.16% from 109 countries during the four-day event.