Export

Bangladesh’s Apparel Exports To EU Witness Mixed Trends In 2024

Textile Insights December 5, 2024

Bangladesh’s apparel exports to the EU rose 6.9% year-on-year in September 2024 to €1.53 billion, driven by strong knitwear demand. However, exports for January-September 2024 fell 2.47% to €13.43 billion due to sharp declines in the first quarter, according to Eurostat data. Knitwear exports

Industry

Textile Waste Mismanagement Costs Bangladesh Billions

Textile Insights August 28, 2024

A recent study reveals that Bangladesh is losing out on $5 billion in potential annual export revenue due to a lack of policies for recycling post-industrial textile waste, known as jhut. The report, “Regulatory Framework to Enable Recycling of Post-Industrial Waste (Jhut) for the RMG Industry in Bangladesh,” stresses the need for a circular economy […]

Corporates

Ananta Group Invests US$ 70M In Bangladesh Knit Fabric Facility

June 25, 2024

Ananta Group is poised to invest US$ 70 million in a new synthetic knit fabric manufacturing facility, supported by US$ 40 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and syndicated arrangements. Despite challenges like dollar shortages for raw material imports and intermittent gas and electricity supply, the group aims to establish Ananta Knitwear Limited in […]

Industry

Bangla Apparel Makers Pay 645% Higher Undocumented Payments

Textile Insights May 16, 2024

Garment manufacturers from Bangladeshi pay up to 645 percent more than the official fees for renewal of licences or secure essential permits. The 645 percent higher charges are ‘undocumented payments’, a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said. Quoting data from an exporter, the study informed that the company paid 645 percent higher […]

Economy

Bangladesh Has Potential To Become Asian Tiger: US Envoy

Textile Insights May 13, 2024

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas has stressed the necessity for Bangladesh to take bold steps in order to prosper as a country, but also added that Bangladesh has potential to become an Asian Tiger. “In order to become prosperous, Bangladesh must then take bold steps to expand economic, political, and legal freedoms for its […]

Industry

Investment In Bangladesh Textile Industry Slows Down

Textile Insights May 8, 2024

The investment in the Bangladesh spinning and weaving industry has slowed down because of gas shortage and for volatile dollar markets over the last two years. Many of the spinning mills have been running their production at 50 percent capacity because of the gas crisis in the industrial sector. Last year, no new spinning or […]

Industry

Bangladesh Announces New Minimum Wage For Textile Workers

Textile Insights April 9, 2024

The Bangladesh government has announced Taka 10,001 or US $91.06 as the gross monthly minimum wage for textile workers. The earlier gross monthly minimum wage set in 2018 was Taka 5,710 or $51.99. The labour ministry announced new minimum wages for different grades through a gazette notification and the newly announced wages for the textile […]

Software

Datatex ERP Solution For Bangladesh Textile & Apparel Sector

Textile Insights March 30, 2024

Datatex unveiled its ERP Software Suit designed for the Bangladeshi textile and apparel sector at a seminar organised by Datatex. “Bangladesh is a potential and key market for ERP systems and is very important to record data and analysis for the growth of the textile and garment sector,” Datatex CMO Maurizio Desio said. “Dynamic industrial […]

Industry

Bangladesh Seeks Chinese Investment In Textile & Jute Sectors

Textile Insights March 30, 2024

Bangladesh invited Chinese investors to invest in its textile and jute sectors, since China is a development partner of Bangladesh. Textiles and Jute Minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak said this in a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen at his office. Nanak was accompanied by senior textile ministry officials, while Wen was also accompanied […]

Industry

Bangla Engineers Identify Challenges Impacting Textile & Apparel Sector

Textile Insights March 6, 2024

A group of 40 top Bangladeshi textile engineers and entrepreneurs have identified various challenges, inhibiting the growth of the textile and apparel industry in the country. The engineers met in Dhaka on March 3 under the banner of Textile Engineers – Entrepreneurs. This group identified skills gap, trust deficit between employers and employees, rising operational […]