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4 Dez 2023

Autor:
The Daily Star

Bangladesh: Garment sector earnings in November decline by 7% year-on-year, with factories working at limited capacity due to declined orders & inadequate gas supply

"Exports fall 6%, adding to economic gloom", 4 December 2023

Bangladesh's export earnings declined for the second consecutive month in November amid the continued slowdown in readymade garment shipments, in another worrying development for the already strained economy.

Receipts from the sector fell 6.05 percent year-on-year to $4.78 billion last month, shows data of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) yesterday...

The fall comes at a time when the festive season is kicking off in western nations, Bangladesh's key export destinations...

Still, the exports in November were the highest in five months...

Shipments of garments...fell 7.45 percent year-on-year to $4.05 billion in November period...

Apparel sales rose 2.75 percent to $18.84 billion, with knitwear shipments rising 8.66 percent to $10.99 billion. Woven garment shipments fell 4.52 percent to $7.85 billion.

Earnings from home textiles plunged 42.27 percent to $299.42 million while specialised textile manufacturers posted 22.78 percent year-on-year export growth to bring home $124 million, according to the EPB.

Mohammad Hatem, executive president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, highlighted the factors behind the downward exports.

"Most garment factories are currently running at 50 percent capacity for two reasons. The first is a fall in inflow of work orders from international clothing retailers and brands while the second is inadequate gas supply for industrial units."

He warned that the work order situation may worsen in the near future as buyers are offering too low prices even after the wage hikes for garment workers.

"The irony is that many factory owners are accepting bookings even with such low prices merely in order to stay afloat until potential profits in the future."

BGMEA President Faruque Hassan said woven was performing worse than earlier compared to knitwear as prices for sweaters, which fall under the knitwear category, recently rose.

"Besides, the knitwear sector has greater scope for value addition."

He said the recent labour unrest was also responsible for the lower export earnings from garment shipments in November. Also, the unit price of garment items sourced from Bangladesh has fallen...

The receipts from the export of leather and leather products stood at $427 million in July-November, down 20.55 percent year-on-year. The dip was driven by a 34.75 percent decline in leather footwear exports.

Leather shipments rose 0.56 percent and leather products sales were up 2.11 percent, EPB data showed. Meanwhile, footwear sales were down 7.16 percent at $194.51 million...

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