Illegally imported yarn: Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), a platform of primary textile millers, yesterday urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to enhance monitoring in markets across the country against the sale of illegally imported yarn.
The sale of yarn for making the fabrics for domestic market has fallen in the peak season of Eid-ul-Fitr and Pahela Baishakh because of high prices of some basic commodities and for the high cost of living for consumers.
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is seeking negotiation through American lawmakers to obtain duty-free market access to the US market for apparel made from American cotton. The BGMEA plans to write to governors and senators of cotton-growing provinces in the USA to pursue their demand, with a list of targeted governors and senators already
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) recently relaunched an initiative seeking duty-free access to the US market for apparels made from American cotton.
The government has eased the rule of compulsory fumigation test for import of American cotton, particularly from the United States, clearing the ways for smooth import of the raw material of textile mills, the backward linkage industry for country's main export earning garments