A three-day machineries exposition titled “Sustainable development of apparel industry: prospects and obstacles” held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) revealed Bangladesh’s plans to export readymade garments to Brazil and Russian markets in the next one and a half years.
Organised by Export Exhibition and supported by Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA), the function was addressed by Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, former President, FBCCI; Ferno Susai, Founder, Innowell Engineering International; M Fazlul Haque, former President, BKMEA; Dr M Julhas Uddin, Professor, Bangladesh University of Textiles and Birendra Goyal, Managing Director, Apples Global.
Chaired by SREDA Chairman M Helal Uddin, the function was moderated by SREDA member Siddique Jobaer. Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, the commerce minister said that Bangladesh’s RMG industry has not come into the present sound condition overnight, rather it started from a very small scale.
However, despite various successes, the RMG producers are not being able to realise the worth of their produces. They need to enhance their bargaining capacity and reduce the production cost. The commerce minister also suggested using solar power in the RMG industries and factories for reducing the use of water through recycling, and showing bargaining skills towards fixing the price of products.
