Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has recently asked the buying houses which are the associate members of the trade body to get registered with the Department of Textiles as per the Textile Act 2018 to run business in the country. Citing a textiles and jute ministry gazette notification issued by on May 28, the BGMEA said that all the associate member buying houses of the trade body might have to be registered with the DoT within 60 days of the issuance of the notification. The government has recently directed all the buying houses in the garment and textile sector in Bangladesh to get registered with the Department of Textiles. In the notification ministry also said that if any buying house sought time extension with valid reasons, the registrar could allow 60 more days. If any buying house fails to obtain registration on time, the government will take legal action against the company as per law. According to the Textile Act 2018, the Department of Textiles is the sponsoring authority of all textile and clothing industries. The buying houses will have to get registered with the department for running their business in the country. According to the Bangladesh Garment Buying House Association, there are more than 1,200 buying houses operating in the country.
