Staff Reporter :
The international apparel retailers in a meeting have demanded quick delivery of garment samples from the Dhaka airport to the factories to reduce the prolonged lead-time in shipment of goods abroad.
They placed the demand in the meeting held recently with the apparel manufacturers in Dhaka, said Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu, vice president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).
The garment makers highly rely on samples sent by the international retailers to produce apparel items for timely shipment, he said.
Representatives of nearly 20 global retailers which directly or indirectly purchase around $10 billion worth of garment items from Bangladesh attended the meeting,
Delayed delivery of samples from the airport is a concern not only for
the international retailers, but also for us and for the country, Mahmud Hasan said after attending the meeting.
He said the retailers and the manufacturers have long been complaining about the incidents of missing and delayed delivery of samples from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), but the services at the airport are still poor.
The service quality at HSIA in Dhaka has improved a bit in recent times, but this is not enough to satisfy the international customers like the garment retailers, the BGMEA vice president said.
The garment makers complain that sometimes it takes nearly 10 days to deliver the apparel samples from the airport whereas it was supposed to be delivered within one or two days of arrival from abroad.
The retailers also queried about the tripartite agreement that was signed last week among the government, union leaders and factory owners to give legal support to the workers and unionists arrested during Ashulia unrest in December last year.
At the meeting, the retailers were informed that the garment makers will not follow the additional standards the engineers of Accord are now trying to apply during the factory inspections in Bangladesh, he said.
The international apparel retailers in a meeting have demanded quick delivery of garment samples from the Dhaka airport to the factories to reduce the prolonged lead-time in shipment of goods abroad.
They placed the demand in the meeting held recently with the apparel manufacturers in Dhaka, said Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu, vice president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).
The garment makers highly rely on samples sent by the international retailers to produce apparel items for timely shipment, he said.
Representatives of nearly 20 global retailers which directly or indirectly purchase around $10 billion worth of garment items from Bangladesh attended the meeting,
Delayed delivery of samples from the airport is a concern not only for
the international retailers, but also for us and for the country, Mahmud Hasan said after attending the meeting.
He said the retailers and the manufacturers have long been complaining about the incidents of missing and delayed delivery of samples from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), but the services at the airport are still poor.
The service quality at HSIA in Dhaka has improved a bit in recent times, but this is not enough to satisfy the international customers like the garment retailers, the BGMEA vice president said.
The garment makers complain that sometimes it takes nearly 10 days to deliver the apparel samples from the airport whereas it was supposed to be delivered within one or two days of arrival from abroad.
The retailers also queried about the tripartite agreement that was signed last week among the government, union leaders and factory owners to give legal support to the workers and unionists arrested during Ashulia unrest in December last year.
At the meeting, the retailers were informed that the garment makers will not follow the additional standards the engineers of Accord are now trying to apply during the factory inspections in Bangladesh, he said.
