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যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের বাজারে শুল্কমুক্ত প্রবেশাধিকার চায় বিজিএমইএ

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২০২২ অর্থবছরে তুলা দিয়ে তৈরি প্রায় ৭১% পোশাক পণ্য বাংলাদেশ থেকে আমদানি করেছে মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র

যুক্তরাষ্ট্র থেকে আমদানি করা তুলায় উৎপাদিত বাংলাদেশের পোশাক দেশটিতে রপ্তানিতে শুল্কমুক্ত সুবিধা চায় বিজিএমইএ।

রবিবার (৭ মে) ঢাকায় বিজিএমইএ কার্যালয়ে বাংলাদেশে নিযুক্ত মার্কিন রাষ্ট্রদূত পিটার হাসের সাথে এক বৈঠকে বিজিএমইএ সভাপতি মোঃ ফারুক হাসান এ দাবি জানান।

তিনি বলেন, “এই পদক্ষেপটি বাংলাদেশী আরএমজি রপ্তানিকারক ও মার্কিন তুলা চাষি উভয়কেই উপকৃত করবে, যার ফলে একটি লাভ করা যাবে।”

অ্যাসোসিয়েশনের এক বিবৃতিতে বলা হয়েছে, “হাসান যুক্তরাষ্ট্র থেকে তুলা আমদানির প্রক্রিয়া সহজ করতে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের কাছে সহযোগিতা চেয়েছেন।”

২০২৩ সালের অক্টোবরে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে বাংলাদেশ অ্যাপারেল সামিট আয়োজনের জন্য বিজিএমইএ-এর উদ্যোগের বিষয়টিও তিনি হাসকে অবহিত করেন ও এজন্য সহায়তার আহ্বান জানান।

বৈঠকে হাস কর্মক্ষেত্রে নিরাপত্তা ও শ্রমিকদের অধিকার এবং কল্যাণ নিশ্চিতে ব্যাপক অগ্রগতির জন্য বাংলাদেশের আরএমজি শিল্পের প্রশংসা করেন।

বিবৃতিতে বলা হয়, রাষ্ট্রদূত সাফল্যগুলোকে এগিয়ে নিয়ে যাওয়ার গুরুত্বের ওপরও জোর দিয়েছেন।

গার্মেন্টস শিল্প আগামী দিনেও উন্নয়ন কার্যক্রম অব্যাহত রাখবে বলে আশাবাদ ব্যক্ত করেন হাসান।

২০২২ সালে মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র বাংলাদেশ থেকে ৯.৭৪ বিলিয়ন ডলার মূল্যের পোশাক আমদানি করেছে, যার মধ্যে ৬.৯১ বিলিয়ন ডলার মূল্যের পোশাক তুলা দিয়ে তৈরি।

এছাড়া তুলা দিয়ে তৈরি প্রায় ৭১% পোশাক পণ্য বাংলাদেশ থেকে আমদানি করেছে মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র।

বাংলাদেশ থেকে ৯.৭৪ বিলিয়ন ডলারের পোশাক আমদানিতে মার্কিন আমদানিকারকদের ১.৫৫ বিলিয়ন ডলারের শুল্ক দিতে হয়েছে।

Textile production reduced in Gujarat

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The textile sector in Gujarat is facing a renewed decline in production after enduring losses caused by soaring cotton prices and sluggish demand last year.

Numerous textile processing plants in the region are presently operating at only 40 percent of their capacity due to a decline in orders, prompting the implementation of two-day output cuts. Similarly, weaving machines are also functioning at reduced levels of efficiency.

Figure: The textile sector in Gujarat is facing a renewed decline in production after enduring losses caused by soaring cotton prices and sluggish demand last year.

Despite spinning mills running at approximately 90 percent of their capacity, stocks are piling up. Experts predict that spinning mills will soon initiate a reduction in production by one day per week.

Jayesh Patel, vice president of Spinners’ Association, Gujarat (SAG) said, “The spinning mills in south India are operating at 60 per cent production capacity and those in the north have also cut down on production. At present, combed yarn costs Rs 260 per kg and the prices are not competitive in the exports market; even the domestic demand is slowing down.”

Cotton is priced at around Rs. 61,000 per candy, but owing to poor demand from the garments sector, the industry is badly hit.

Besides that, Rahul Mehta, chief mentor, Clothing Manufacturers’ Association of India (CMAI) said, “With a delayed summer, the demand for summer collection is comparatively low. Moreover, retailers have a huge chunk of unsold inventory from the winter collection. Due to this, the dealers are facing cashflow issues as a result of which the volume of fresh orders has declined.” 

14th Bangladesh Denim Expo on May 16-17

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“Innovator” is the theme of the 14th edition, while Bangladesh Denim Expo will address sustainability, safety, showcasing innovative products

The 14th edition of Bangladesh Denim Expo will once again open its doors in the international Convention City, Bashundhara (ICCB) in Dhaka on May 16 and 17.

“Innovator” is the theme of the 14th edition, while Bangladesh Denim Expo will address sustainability, safety, showcasing innovative products, and changing the perception of the country’s apparel industry, it said in a press release.

Over 90 exhibitors are set to attend the event, consisting of both local and international participants.

In this edition exhibitors will display fabrics, garments, threads, machinery, finishing equipment and accessories, positioning the show as a true representation of Bangladesh’s denim industry — the largest denim exporter to the EU and USA.

Through a series of product displays, seminar sessions and panel discussions, the expo will encourage robust interaction among exhibitors and visitors.

Four seminar sessions and four panel discussions will be held in this edition of the expo reflecting its “Innovator” theme.

Founder and CEO of Bangladesh Denim Expo Mostafiz Uddin said: “The underlying concept of the Bangladesh Denim Expo is to fulfill the needs of the international denim community, offering the opportunity to make new contacts with potential buyers, discovering new products and to gain a comprehensive overview of the latest developments available from the Bangladesh denim industry.”

Bangladesh Denim Expo also announced that the second Denim Innovation Night, presented by Pacific Jeans Limited, will be held on May 16, where it will showcase the very latest in sustainably produced, innovative denim products from one of Bangladesh’s leading premium denim manufacturers.

The exclusive, invitation-only event will play host to international buyers from established high street chains and middle-tier brands, heads of local sourcing offices for key target customers, international designers and product developers and international and national media.

RMG wage board to meet on May 24

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Labour leaders demanded Tk23,000 as minimum wage with 65% basic payment

Members of the wage board for the country’s readymade garment (RMG) industry will sit on May 24 to review minimum wage for the sector’s workers amid demands for a hike to Tk23,000.

The RMG workers’ wage was last reviewed in 2018, when Tk8,000 was set as the minimum monthly wage for an entry-level worker.

The newly-formed minimum wage board for the RMG sector workers will hold its first meeting on May 24, a Labour Ministry official said.

The board members will discuss different aspects and finally make recommendations.

It will take some time for submitting their final proposal, he added.

The government formed the minimum wage board on April 9 by announcing appointments of representatives of the RMG sector owners and workers for the board to make their recommendations for the workers’ wage hike.

Former president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Md Siddiqur Rahman and Bangladesh National Garment Workers Employees League president Sirajul Islam Rony were appointed the owners’ and workers’ representatives respectively.

The wage board has four other permanent members, headed by a senior district judge.

An entry-level garment worker is currently receiving Tk8,000 as minimum monthly wage with Tk4,100 as basic pay, Tk2,050 as house rent, Tk600 as medical allowance, Tk350 as transport allowance, and Tk900 as food allowance.

Labour leaders demanded Tk23,000 as minimum wage with 65% basic payment.

In recent months, labour organizations demanded a rise in minimum monthly wage ranging from Tk20,000 to Tk25,000 for the entry-level workers, taking high inflation into consideration.

RMG industry is the largest foreign currency earning sector that fetched $42.61 billion in the last FY22.

It was about 82% of the country’s total $52.08 billion export earning, according to official data.

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Industry capacity development, apparel diplomacy key areas to maintain competitiveness in post-LDC era: BGMEA president

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Product diversification, technology upgradation, skill development, and apparel diplomacy along with environmental sustainability are the key areas the readymade garment industry of Bangladesh has been working on to scale up its capabilities and retain competitiveness in the coming years, especially in the post-LDC era, said Faruque Hassan, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

“While Bangladesh’s graduation from the LDC category is an incredible achievement and a matter of pride for us, it will present a new reality to the country having both challenges and opportunities,” he said.

“Bangladesh will need to prepare well to overcome the challenges and harvest fruits of potential benefits from the graduation,” he remarked while addressing the participants of the National Defence Course 2023 on a topic titled ‘RMG sector in Bangladesh economy – prospects and challenges after becoming middle-income country’ at the National Defence College in Dhaka on Tuesday (9 May).

In his speech as a guest speaker, Faruque Hassan said the immediate impact of LDC graduation on Bangladesh’s industry, particularly the export-oriented industries is the possible changes in the market access.

“Bangladesh being an LDC gets duty-free market access to major markets including the EU, Canada, Japan, Australia, and to a few Asian countries like China, India, South Korea, etc.”

With graduation, Bangladesh would no longer be eligible for LDC-specific special and differential treatment, he added.

“Bangladesh will need to improve its diplomatic efficiency to face economic challenges in the post-graduation period. To tackle the challenges from loss of preferential market access, from now we need to think about bilateral and multilateral trading arrangements including FTA, PTA, RCEP etc. with our potential trade partner countries,” he observed.

Developing the capacity of manufacturing diversified high-value products, especially non-cotton items, alongside enhancing capabilities in product-process-technology innovation, reskilling, and up-skilling of people are the key priorities where the industry is putting a lot of emphasis to overcome the challenges and maintain the growth momentum, the BGMEA president further said.

German CHT Group aims for larger share of Bangladesh’s chemicals market

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The CHT Group, a German chemical company, has invested $8 million in a new venture at the Meghna Industrial Economic Zone in Sonargaon, Narayanganj. The venture will produce auxiliary chemicals used in the dyeing, washing, and printing of textiles and garments.

According to company officials, the CHT Group also has plans to invest in a second phase of the venture to gain a larger share of the chemical market in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh currently imports textile and garment chemicals worth approximately $2 billion annually.

At present, the CHT Group has a business worth $140 million in Bangladesh through its only distributor RH Corporation.

Officials from the CHT Group and RH Corporation made this disclosure on Tuesday during the inauguration ceremony of the new chemical plant. The Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun was present as the chief guest of the event.

Prodip Kumar Dhar, general manager of CHT Bangladesh Pvt Ltd, told The Business Standard, “We have plans to gradually increase the investment to capture the maximum market share and this new unit will help to meet a certain portion of the current demand.”

CHT Bangladesh is planning to establish a green factory powered by solar energy and equipped with Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP) and Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) systems, he added.

Rajibul Huq, managing director of RH Corporation, said, “CHT Group is the only multinational auxiliary chemicals supplier in Bangladesh for textile and garments industries, which covers a full range of chemicals.”

The company’s annual turnover in the Bangladesh market is currently around $140 million, and the new plant will be able to provide about one-third of the items currently imported from Germany, Turkey, China, and other countries, according to the official.

Rajibul Huq Chowdhury stated that the new plant will not only help the company increase its market share in the $2 billion chemical market but also reduce the prices of chemicals.

He added that their clients include major garment exporters such as DBL Group, Ha Meem Group, and Palmal Group, who conduct compliant business.

The managing director of RH Corporation stated that there are currently 20-25 local companies of varying sizes producing chemicals for the textile and garment industries. 

He also mentioned that multinational companies are now investing in Bangladesh’s chemicals industry due to the country’s growing position as a hub for textile and garment production.

Local production of these chemicals will reduce import lead time, and factories will be able to obtain them on short notice, said Md Shakhawat Hossain, CEO of Eco Threads & Yarns, an endeavour of DBL Group.

Dr Frank Naumann, CEO of the CHT Group, said during the inaugural event of the chemical plant, said this year marks the 70th anniversary of the company and the opening of the CHT-group factory in Bangladesh is a milestone in this regard.

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun said that the Meghna Industrial Economic Zone has been successful in attracting domestic and foreign investment.

He also stated that the investment environment and skilled workforce in Bangladesh will attract other foreign companies, similar to CHT Group, to invest in the country.

Tanjima Mostafa, director of Meghna Group of Industries, said that the economic zone has already hosted 11 foreign and 10 local companies.

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BGMEA urges Customs to simplify short shipment certification process

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The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has urged customs authorities to simplify the process of issuing certificates related to short shipments of goods in exports.

In a letter to the commissioner of Chattogram customs house on Monday, BGMEA President Faruque Hassan also requested a meeting with the customs house to determine what factual documentation is necessary for the issuance of certificates for short shipments.

A short shipment occurs when the quantity and/or value of goods actually exported are lesser than what is declared in export shipping documents.

Sources said work is underway to update all information regarding post-export short shipment of goods in the Asycuda Word System – an integrated customs management system for international trade and transport operations in a modern automated environment, and the Bangladesh Bank’s website, but the process has been hindered by various problems.

Even though exporters, the Bangladesh Bank, the National Board of Revenue (NBR), and the Chattogram customs house have held several meetings to address the issue, it could not be resolved due to various complications.

In such a situation, the NBR has directed exporters to collect short shipment certificates from customs houses and the Customs Bond Commissionerate, and then submit them to the Bangladesh Bank.

But, the BGMEA claims that customs houses seek many old and unnecessary documents from exporters for the certification, which is impractical for exporters to submit. As a result, it is not possible to give information about the short shipment of goods to the Bangladesh Bank.

BGMEA member exporters have informed the organisation that they are unable to submit old documents, particularly those older than five years, due to various reasons such as changes in commercial officers and changes in business office locations. This has resulted in difficulties in obtaining certificates related to short shipments, which is affecting normal exports.

The BGMEA has stated that several exporters are not receiving cash incentives due to complications with short shipments. Additionally, many are encountering challenges in releasing their export proceeds.

The readymade garments exporters’ association has also reported that because the export proceeds are showing as overdue on the Bangladesh Bank’s website, the Customs Bond Commissionerate is claiming that the export income has not reached the country in full.

Data from the Bangladesh Bank reveals that 21,124 cases of short shipments remained unsettled in the Asycuda World system between 2016 and 2020. Additionally, 4,800 cases remained unsettled in the Asycuda Plus Plus system during the 2012-2014 period, while another 1,324 incidents of short shipments remained unsettled during the transition period from 2015 to 2020.

The Bangladesh Bank has recently issued a letter to the managing directors of all banks operating in the country and various exporters’ associations, requesting information on unsettled short shipments by 6 July to resolve the issue.

‘এলডিসি-পরবর্তী সময়ে পোশাক রপ্তানিতে প্রতিবন্ধকতা আসতে পারে’

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বাণিজ্য সচিব তপন কান্তি ঘোষ বলেছেন, এলডিসি (স্বল্পোন্নত দেশ) পরবর্তী সময়ে তৈরি পোশাক রপ্তানিতে বাংলাদেশ বিভিন্ন প্রতিবন্ধকতার সম্মুখীন হতে পারে।

তিনি বলেন, ‘সুতরাং, আমাদের তৈরি পোশাক রপ্তানির প্রবণতা অব্যাহত রাখার পাশাপাশি বৈশ্বিক বাজারে প্রতিযোগিতামূলক কিছু নীতি সমর্থন নিশ্চিত করতে হবে।’

রোববার বাংলাদেশ ফরেন ট্রেড ইনস্টিটিউশনে (বিএফটিআই) ‘স্টাডি অন পলিসি সাপোর্ট অ্যান্ড ইনসেন্টিভস বিফোর অ্যান্ড আফটার এলডিসিস গ্র্যাজুয়েশন ফর আরএমজি সেক্টর’ শীর্ষক ওয়ার্কশপে এসব কথা বলেন।

বিএফটিআইয়ের প্রধান নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তা মো. জাফর উদ্দিনের সভাপতিত্বে অনুষ্ঠানে আরও বক্তব্য রাখেন রপ্তানি উন্নয়ন ব্যুরোর (ইপিবি) ভাইস চেয়ারম্যান এএইচএম আহসান এবং সঞ্চালনা করেন বিএফটিআই মহাপরিচালক মো. ওবায়দুল আজম।

মো. জাফর উদ্দিন বলেন, এলডিসি গ্র্যাজুয়েশনের আগেই আরএমজি রপ্তানিতে প্রণোদনা ও ভর্তুকির সর্বোত্তম ব্যবহার নিশ্চিত করতে হবে।

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