tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68689677046050048672024-03-13T01:19:41.705-07:00PRESENT TEXTILE SECTOR OF BANGLADESHshohebul islamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05130051710167610451noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868967704605004867.post-47548010808174735932017-11-22T02:26:00.000-08:002017-11-22T02:26:16.654-08:00All Over Print – How Do They Do It?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>What is all-over print? </b></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span>Figure 1: Demand for AOP fashion is to remain strong in coming days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It
is a term used to describe a special kind of print that covers the
entire garment (and when we say the entire garment, we do mean the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">entire </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">garment).
All-over print reaches places that regular ones don’t, the most obvious
being seams and other elements like zippers. Noticing these details is
the only way to actually tell if it is all-over or not. This kind of
print is achieved by layering the t-shirt on a flat surface and then
printing on top of it, which means that any element that is not exposed
to the ink, like hems, for example, won’t be affected. If a hem or the
interior of the garment is printed then the fabric was probably printed
before it was sewn, this is the traditional way of printing fabric. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><b>AOP demand trend </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b> </b><br />
The current shoppers are quite fashionable. So the garments manufactures
are also making garments keeping fashion in the mind. New technologies
are developing through which it is easy to work. When a printing machine
print full width fabric with its impression it is call AOP. Usually in
case of AOP fabric is cut after printing. All over printing is one type
of printed clothing that is attracted by buyers of all ages. Due to
having its colorful design, it’s used almost in every program.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Technique">Technique</span></span></span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The
process is similar to the dye-diffusion approach: a graphic is printed
onto a sheet of high-release paper and then transferred onto the chosen
apparel using high heat and pressure. Heat converts the solid dye
particles into a gas through <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublimation_(phase_transition)" title="Sublimation (phase transition)">sublimation</a></span>.
The liquid phase is skipped due to the instantaneity of the physical
change. This immediacy bonds the released chemicals to the polyester
fibres. Unlike screen printing and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_to_garment_printing" title="Direct to garment printing">direct-to-garment digital printing</a>,
this is not digital. Instead, the dye is absorbed by the fabric for a
fantastic soft-to-the-touch feel and breathability. The design is
printed on 100% <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyester" title="Polyester">polyester material.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
Often, this is done on white garment only as this base colour allows
for the best applicability. The types of garments available are
T-shirts, hoodies, sweaters, socks, bags </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and much more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPktejBeRxVE_MvGi5T4JQn_HeTycdKI39HpWPGYRQynzF1czvtzX0kL7XEbg2yqoywhIO1bCgeQNrbC3lrXYVuFOO1CMeiZVboS5oEWpKwWutbZgm5T6yAKdQLiq0AU2mZRcAvG7I2DKX/s320/d887f9d2-5884-4c4e-a0da-3189f014a5e6.jpg" width="320" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span>Figure 2: Demand for AOP fashion is to remain strong in coming days. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Digital AOP</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Conventional print creates huge bunch of
effluents which are hazardous for the ecosystem and even for the human
being. The technology makes possible to have faster production cycles,
to reduce the water consumption. That’s why, digital inject All Over
Printing is becoming very popular day by day due to the less
environmental impact.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nowadays, consumers want to change frequently and give them a much
greater individual touch. There is scarcely any other technology that
combines brilliant colors, wonderful designs and production on demand
with low resource utilization. Currently, 60 percent of digitally
printed textiles are produced in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan
and Vietnam. Due to the increase in demand, many of the factories in
Bangladesh are opening digital ‘All Over Printing’ section along with
conventional. New jobs are also being created in the different houses
with attractive salary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>AOP as a career</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b> </b><br />
There was a time when the newly graduate students wanted to work in
dyeing, knitting, spinning or garments section. They thought that
without joining those sectors, career growth is not possible. But now
choices have been changed because of the changing era. Graduate students
are choosing the printing sector as profession. It’s too much a
challenging sector like medical or journalism. But if anyone is
persistent towards the goal, he/she will be successful in this sector
soon.</span> </div>
shohebul islamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05130051710167610451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868967704605004867.post-14789455004213469562011-10-28T08:57:00.000-07:002017-11-22T02:24:36.087-08:00Bangladesh Textile Industry: Present Scenario, Future Prospects and Challenges <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span><span>Introduction: </span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span><span>The textile industry provide the single source of economic growth in
Bangladesh’s rapidly developing economy. Exports
of textiles and garments are the principal source of foreign exchange
earnings. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span> More than 65% of the country’s industrial employment and
81% of the export earnings. </span>The tremendous success of ready made garment exports from
Bangladesh over the last two decades has surpassed the most optimistic
expectations. Today the apparel export sector is a mufti-billion-dollar
manufacturing and export industry in the country. The overall impact of
the ready made garment exports is certainly one of the most significant
social and economic developments in contemporary Bangladesh.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span></span><span><span><b>Structure of the Textile Industry in Bangladesh:</b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span>There are two types of textile industry in Bangladesh. They are as following: </span><br /><span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span><br /><b>A. Backward linkage industries: </b><br />Supporting
basic textile industries such as spinning, weaving/ knitting, dyeing
and finishing industries are known as backward linkage industries. <br /><br /><b>B. Forward linkage industries: </b><br />RMG
sector, printing, and packaging sector are known as forward linkage
industries. Most of the textile industries are in the private sector. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span><b>Major Textile Sector and Its Product: </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Major textile sectors of Bangladesh and its products are given in following table: </span></span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><b><span style="color: white;">Sector</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><b><span style="color: white;">Products</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><b>Spinning</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Yarn</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><b>Weaving</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Grey woven fabric</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><b>Knitting</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Grey knit fabric</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><b>Dyeing and finishing</b></span></span></span></div>
</td>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Dyed or printed fabric</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><b>Apparel or garments</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Men, women and baby wear</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><b>Jute</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Carpet, twine, hessian, and sacking.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><b>Sericulture</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Silk yarn and silk fabric</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><b>Hand loom</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Sharee (jamdani and banarosi), lungi and gamsha.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><b>Power loom</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Sharee, lungi, gamsha and different woven cloth.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><b> Table-1: Sector wise textile products </b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span>There are also some composite mills in our in country. Two or more
than two different mills are combined under one administration is called
composite mill. </span></span></span><br />
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shohebul islamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05130051710167610451noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868967704605004867.post-43561857047682607722011-03-11T03:17:00.001-08:002011-03-11T03:51:01.112-08:00PRESENT TEXTILE SECTOR OF BANGLADESH<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Textile_sector">Textile sector</span></h4>Bangladesh's textile industry, which includes knitwear and ready-made garments along with specialized textile products, is the nation's number one export earner, accounting for 80% of Bangladesh's exports of $15.56 billion in 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RMG_violence_7-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bangladesh#cite_note-RMG_violence-7"></a></sup> Bangladesh is 3rd in world textile exports behind Turkey, another low volume exporter, and China which exported $120.1 billion worth of textiles in 2009. The industry employs nearly 3.5 million workers. Current exports have doubled since 2004. Wages in Bangladesh's textile industry were the lowest in the world as of 2010. The country was considered the most formidable rival to China where wages were rapidly rising and currency was appreciating.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bangladesh#cite_note-8"></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-China_Bangladesh_9-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bangladesh#cite_note-China_Bangladesh-9"></a></sup><br />
After massive labor unrest in 2006<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bangladesh#cite_note-10"></a></sup> the government formed a Minimum Wage Board including business and worker representatives which in 2006 set a minimum wage equivalent to 1,662.50 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taka">taka</a>, $24 a month, up from Tk950. In 2010, following widespread labor protests involving 100,000 workers in June, 2010,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RMG_violence_7-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bangladesh#cite_note-RMG_violence-7"></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bangladesh#cite_note-11"></a></sup> a controversial proposal was being considered by the Board which would raise the monthly minimum to the equivalent of $50 a month, still far below worker demands of 5,000 taka, $72, for entry level wages, but unacceptably high according to textile manufacturers who are asking for a wage below $30.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-China_Bangladesh_9-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bangladesh#cite_note-China_Bangladesh-9"></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2010_Wages_12-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bangladesh#cite_note-2010_Wages-12"></a></sup>On July 28, 2010 it was announced that the minimum entry level wage would be increased to 3,000 taka, about $43.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bangladesh#cite_note-13"></a></sup><br />
The government also seems to believe some change is necessary. On September 21, 2006 then ex-Prime Minister <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaleda_Zia">Khaleda Zia</a> called on textile firms to ensure the safety of workers by complying with international labor law at a speech inaugurating the Bangladesh Apparel & Textile Exposition (BATEXPO).<br />
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<div align="right"><a href="http://www.textileworldasia.com/orphan_pdf/News-chinese.pdf" target="_blank"><span><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"></span></span></a></div><h1>Bangladesh: A Growing <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">Textile</b><span style="color: black;"> Economy</span></h1><h2><span style="color: black;">Bangladesh’s </span><b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> industry is comprised of a mix of small- to large-scale privately and publicly owned companies.</h2><h3>By T.C. Malhotra</h3><div id="article_sub1"> <strong> <span style="color: brown; font-size: x-large;">T</span> </strong> he <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> industry has played an important role in Bangladesh’s economy for a long time. Currently, the <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> industry in Bangladesh accounts for 45 percent of all industrial employment and contributes 5 percent to the total national income. The industry employs nearly 4 million people, mostly women. <br />
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A huge 78 percent of the country’s export earnings come from textiles and apparel, according to the latest figures available. Bangladesh exports its apparel products worth nearly $5 billion per year to the United States, European Union (EU), Canada and other countries of the world. It is the sixth largest apparel supplier to the United States and EU countries. <br />
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Major products exported from Bangladesh include polyester filament fabrics, man-made filament mixed fabrics, PV fabrics, viscose filament fabrics and man-made spun yarns. Major garments exported include knitted and woven shirts and blouses, trousers, skirts, shorts, jackets, sweaters and sportswear, among other fashion apparel. <br />
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<strong><b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">Textile</b> and apparel firms in Bangladesh are mostly concentrated around the capital city of Dhaka.</strong> <br />
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<strong> <span style="color: brown; font-size: medium;">A Picture Of Bangladesh's <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">Textile</b> Industry</span> </strong> <br />
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Bangladesh’s <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> industry can be divided into three main categories: public <b style="background-color: #a0ffff; color: black;">sector</b>; handloom <b style="background-color: #a0ffff; color: black;">sector</b>; and the organized private <b style="background-color: #a0ffff; color: black;">sector</b>. The private <b style="background-color: #a0ffff; color: black;">sector</b> is the fastest growing <b style="background-color: #a0ffff; color: black;">sector</b> in the country. <br />
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The handloom industry provides employment for a large segment of the population of Bangladesh and supplies a large portion of the fabric required by the local market. <br />
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Mahmud E. Alam, managing director, Famano <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">Textile</b> Mills Ltd., said about 20 percent of existing mills in Bangladesh are large-scale mills, roughly 30 percent are medium-scale mills, and the remaining 50 percent are small-scale mills. Alam said the number of spinning mills in the country is increasing day-by-day. <br />
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The <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> quotas under the Multi-Fiber Arrangement of January 2005 have been moderate in Bangladesh and the industry is divided on their impact. While industry analysts say Bangladesh’s garment and <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> manufacturers will have to face steep competition from countries such as India, Pakistan, China and Thailand as a result of new policies, the <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> companies see no impact on their business. <br />
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Alam feels the lifting of quotas is not going to affect his business. “The future of the <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> industry here is very bright,” Alam said. “Even the lifting of quotas is not going to affect the industry as was worried,” he said. <br />
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Mostafizur Rahman, managing director, Pawrob, also is of the view that lifting quotas is not going to have very much of an effect, but he fears China will affect the Bangladesh <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> industry in the long run. <br />
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“The main reason behind this is the leap factor,” Rahman said. “Chinese companies have an edge of 30 days over Bangladeshi <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> companies.” <br />
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<strong>Top to bottom: National Memorial in Savar, 35 kilometers from Dhaka; Jamuna multipurpose bridge, which connects two detached parts of Bangladesh; Shaheed Minar, which commemorates the Language Martyrs of 1952; <br />
and Bangladesh's National Parliament (Sangsad Bhaban), designed by American architect Louis Kahn </strong> <br />
Combined, the <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> and apparel sectors consist of 3,600 firms. There is a concentration of manufacturing activity in and around the capital city of Dhaka and a growing garment manufacturing presence in the country’s export processing zones. <br />
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Bangladesh <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">Textile</b> Mills Association Secretary General Taufiq Hasan said that because textiles and ready-made garments are the two largest export sectors and employers in Bangladesh, government support will continue and there are no restrictions on repatriation of profits and investment or tax-free imports of machinery and raw materials for export. The government also is liberal toward work permits. <br />
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According to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), the total fabric requirement in the captive market is about 3 billion yards, of which roughly 85 to 90 percent is imported from countries such as China, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Korea, Indonesia and Taiwan. Fabric demand is increasing at the rate of 20 percent per year. <br />
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Although the industry is one of the largest in Bangladesh and is still expanding, it faces serious problems, principally because the country does not produce enough of the raw materials necessary for the industry to expand. The primary materials used in the spinning <b style="background-color: #a0ffff; color: black;">sector</b> are raw cotton and man-made fibers such as viscose and polyester staple fibers. Unfortunately, none of these raw materials are produced in Bangladesh. <br />
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Most spinning mills in Bangladesh produce low-grade yarn. Available figures show that current yarn production satisfied only 22-percent of the total yarn demand. In spite of this drawback, as many as 116 new spinning mills, each having the capacity of 25,000 spindles, will be established in the near future. <br />
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The weaving <b style="background-color: #a0ffff; color: black;">sector</b> also is plagued by a lack of organization and coordination. The existing weaving capacity in Bangladesh can meet only about 40 percent of fabric demand; the rest is imported. However, the increasing trend of expansion in the weaving <b style="background-color: #a0ffff; color: black;">sector</b> is clear from the fact that 223 modern weaving plants, each with an annual capacity of 10 million meters, will be set up in the near future. <br />
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The knitting and hosiery sectors look brighter than weaving, and about 80 percent of garment accessories like cartons, threads, buttons, labels, poly bags, gum tapes, shirt boards and neck boards now are being produced within Bangladesh and contribute to the the national gross domestic product. However, the <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> industry is just budding. <br />
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<strong> <span style="color: brown; font-size: medium;">Bangladesh <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">Textile</b> Mills Corporation</span> </strong> <br />
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When Bangladesh gained its independence from Pakistan in 1971, the new government nationalized the <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> industry. All of the country’s <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> factories were then organized under the Bangladesh <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">Textile</b> Mills Corp. (BTMC). <br />
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The role of BTMC within Bangladesh’s <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> industry has substantially been altered since the denationalization of a large number of public <b style="background-color: #a0ffff; color: black;">sector</b> <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> mills over the last decade and a half. Prior to denationalization, BTMC enjoyed a near-monopoly within the yarn and fabric market in Bangladesh. <br />
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At present, there are 21 <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> companies under BTMC. They operate 24 spinning facilities with an installed capacity of 490,892 spindles and 1,036 looms. Out of that total, 13 of the companies — which operate 16 plants — utilize 320,228 spindles under the service charge system producing different counts of yarn in the range of 32/1 to 80/1. Another five companies have 128,088 spindles in operation. <br />
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Among the 21 mills, Valika Woolen Mills Ltd., Nasirabad, Chittagong, is the only specialized BTMC company, producing knitting wool, woolen suiting, men’s and women’s woolen shawls, and woolen blankets. <br />
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<img alt="webroll" border="0" height="161" src="http://www.textileworldasia.com/Articles/2006/January/Textile_News/pictures/webroll.jpg" width="224" /> <img alt="womenwithhats" border="0" height="161" src="http://www.textileworldasia.com/Articles/2006/January/Textile_News/pictures/womenwithhats.jpg" width="222" /> <br />
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<strong>The government-owned Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority promotes foreign and local investment in its export processing zones, which were developed to provide potential investors a business environment free of complicated procedures. <br />
</strong> Other leading <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> associations in the country include the BGMEA, Bangladesh Jute Mills Association, and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association. <br />
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According to Bangladesh’s <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">Textile</b> Minister Shajahan Siraj, the government had initiated various policy measures such as rationalization of tariffs and taxes on imports of capital machinery, raw materials, dyes and chemicals, and reduction of interest on long- and short-term loans. <br />
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Mahmudur Rahman, executive chairman of Bangladesh’s Board of Investment, said in a recently published interview that in the next five years, the country needs an investment of US $3 billion in the <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> <b style="background-color: #a0ffff; color: black;">sector</b>. He said the country’s <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> market, during the last fiscal year (July 2004-June 2005) totaled $21.5 billion, compared to $3.2 billion 20 years ago. Rahman predicted the market could grow to $23 billion in the next fiscal year. <br />
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The Bangladesh government offers great incentives for encouraging the use of local fabrics in the export-oriented garment industries. To encourage <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> export, companies can import capital machinery duty-free. Cotton also may be imported duty-free. Moreover, the government recently has implemented several policy reforms to create a more open and competitive climate for foreign investment. <br />
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Rising garment export trends from Bangladesh, along with some benefits provided by the government, have created concerns for Pakistan's government. <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">Textile</b> tycoons in Karachi are thinking about shifting their business to Bangladesh. <br />
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<hr /> <strong> <span style="color: steelblue; font-size: large;">Investment In Bangladesh</span> </strong> <br />
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As reported by Bangladesh news agencies, the Bangladesh <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> <b style="background-color: #a0ffff; color: black;">sector</b> acquired an investment influx of Tk 622 crore (approximately US $95 million) between January and May of 2005. Twelve <b style="background-color: #ffff66; color: black;">textile</b> mills — primarily spinning mills located in Dhaka — benefited from the investment, which is said to be the largest investment in textiles in a five-month period since Bangladesh became an independent country. <br />
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<strong>Badsha Spinning Mills recently purchased 20 Trützschler TC 03 cards.</strong> </div><br />
One of the recipients of this investment, Badsha Spinning Mills Ltd., recently purchased a blow room and 20 TC 03 cards from Germany-based Trützschler GmbH & Co. KG. The Trützschler equipment will be used to produce sliver for Ne 30 hosiery yarns in Badsha’s ring-spinning plant. Nepcontrol NCT, featured on all of the cards, monitors neps, seed coat fragments and trash particles on-line. According to Trützschler, Badsha Spinning, which will export the majority of the yarns it produces, selected Trützschler equipment because high yarn quality is important. <br />
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