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29 Jul 2024

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The Business Standard

Bangladesh: Largest trade association BGMEA urges global brands to support garment industry amid recent violence and production halts

"BGMEA urges global buyers to be sympathetic to RMG industry under current circumstances", 29 July 2024

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today (29 July) urged the global buyers, apparel brands and retailers to be more sympathetic to the RMG industry of the country under the current circumstances.

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After the meeting, BGMEA President SM Mannan Kochi said the retailers and brands assured them that they would not seek any discount, demand air shipment or cancel work orders because of the latest spell of violence and a halt in production.

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for the sake of the country's export-oriented industries, internet services were restored at shortest possible time.

Besides, the BGMEA president informed that the government has been convinced to speed up the loading and unloading operations at the land ports and seaports alongside ensuring that the importers and exporters need not pay any demurrage at any port because of unexpected delay in loading and unloading of consignments.

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the international clothing retailers and brands have expressed concern about the timely shipment of garment items as the local exporters are facing delays in ports because of the latest countrywide violence and curfew centering the quota reform movement.

They also urged the local garment suppliers to ensure the goods are shipped on time and stressed the need for restoring internet services for faster communication with the retailers.

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