Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: Swedish Ambassador: Mr Johan Frisell, the Swedish ambassador awarded Dr Mesba Faruqui, Director Operation of Multifabs, an export oriented knitwear factory, the Best Overall Performance Award 2016.
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4th Dec 2016
Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: HSBC Award: The fourth HSBC Export Excellence Awards ceremony was held on Saturday. DBL Group, one of the fastest growing apparel companies, from Group A in the textile and ready made garment category was awarded for the second time since 2010, with annual export turnover of US Dollar 50 million or more. In the same category, SM Group of Companies Ltd won the award from Group B with annual export turnover less than US Dollar 50 million.
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Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: USGBC Award: The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded world’s 25 top environment-friendly industrial structures of which seven are RMG factories in Bangladesh. The seven factories are: Remi Holdings, Plummy Fashions, Vintage Denim Studio, SQ Celsius 2, Genesis Washing, SQ Coblenz and SQ Birikina.
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Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: UNESCAP Report: According to the latest UNESCAP Report, unveiled on Wednesday in Bangkok, between 2010 and 2015 Bangladesh’s export has grown 15 per cent in comparison to the average export growth of 7.5 per cent in the Asia-Pacific region. The major exports of Bangladesh were from textile and garment sector amounting to 72.2 per cent of total export. On the other hand, the largest imports to Bangladesh were petroleum oils and fabrics.
Read More »Developing Countries in the Global Apparel Value Chain: A Tale of Upgrading and Downgrading Experiences
Author: Thomas Bernhardt The New School – Department of Economics February 2013 Capturing the Gains Working Paper 22
Read More »Local Embeddedness, Upgrading and Skill Development: Global Value Chains and Foreign Direct Investment in Lesotho’s Apparel Industry
Author: Cornelia Staritz Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration Mike Morris University of Cape Town – Faculty of Commerce – School of Economics; University of Cape Town (UCT) – Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM) February ...
Read More »CPD RMG Study Team Visits Evitex Apparels
The CPD RMG Study team has visited a readymade garments factory, Evitex Apparels in Gazipur on 29 November 2016. The purpose of this visit was to become acquainted with the industrial and economic upgrading at the enterprise level in order ...
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Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: • PwC Seminar: The RMG sector in Bangladesh needs to innovate and remain competitive as Africa and Myanmar have entered the sector, industry leaders said at the PwC Seminar in Dhaka on Wednesday.
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November 30, 2016 Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: Oman Chamber: Led by Saeed Saleh Saeed Al Kiyumi of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) at a meeting with leaders of FBCCI expressed their interest to invest in apparels and leather sectors of Bangladesh.
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