Economic Reporter :
A two-day 4th “Bangladesh Denim Expo” is scheduled to hold in Dhaka on April 25-26, this year to promote Bangladesh brands to the global market and share knowledge with the international producers to get acquaintance with the latest technologies.
Denim Expert Limited, a domestic denim producer, will organise the international Denim Trade Show in Bangladesh to popularise the brand in international denim industry.
The Expo will be held at International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka.
There will be various products like laundry, washing equipments; auxiliaries, dyes specialty chemicals, denim fabrics, and garments associated products etc. Apparel, Clothing, Lifestyle & Fashion industries people will gather to acquire knowledge in it.
Chief initiator of the expo and Managing Director of the organisation Mostafiz Uddin told the New Nation, “Our primary purpose is to create a platform for Denim stakeholders and to make Bangladesh as ‘One Stop Sourcing Platform’ for denim industry, which could bring benefits to the entrepreneurs.”
“We expect that Denim goods from Bangladesh will yield greater brand value in the global market through this initiative,” said Mostafiz, who termed the initiative as a not-profitable one.
A total of 49 companies; 37 foreign and 12 local, will take part the upcoming Denim Expo while the organisers are expecting more turnout of apparel entrepreneurs, businessmen, fashion professionals and stakeholders of the industry from Europe, US, UK and several Asian countries in the expo this year.
Currently, Bangladesh produces low and mid end products. We are trying to reach the high end products by knowing about the global trend and the latest technologies through the Denim Expo, said Abu Haider Kabir (Kafi), Business Development Officer of Denim Expert Limited.
“Our aim is to bring foreign experts here and to enrich our industry by exchanging our experiences among ourselves,” adding that the show aims not only at promoting the denim trade in the country but also at encouraging greater business practices to raise the living standard of the people of Bangladesh, he said.
According to the industry insiders, Bangladesh is the second largest denim exporter in European markets while it is holding the third largest position in the USA market.
Bangladesh exports denims’ products worth around US$600m per annum to the global market.
Currently, the industry has 26 Denim fabric manufacturers with a total investment of $834m, which produce around 360m yards per year to meet 45 to 50% of the total demand of 720m yard for export yearly. The country, however, needs to import 60% fabric.
A two-day 4th “Bangladesh Denim Expo” is scheduled to hold in Dhaka on April 25-26, this year to promote Bangladesh brands to the global market and share knowledge with the international producers to get acquaintance with the latest technologies.
Denim Expert Limited, a domestic denim producer, will organise the international Denim Trade Show in Bangladesh to popularise the brand in international denim industry.
The Expo will be held at International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka.
There will be various products like laundry, washing equipments; auxiliaries, dyes specialty chemicals, denim fabrics, and garments associated products etc. Apparel, Clothing, Lifestyle & Fashion industries people will gather to acquire knowledge in it.
Chief initiator of the expo and Managing Director of the organisation Mostafiz Uddin told the New Nation, “Our primary purpose is to create a platform for Denim stakeholders and to make Bangladesh as ‘One Stop Sourcing Platform’ for denim industry, which could bring benefits to the entrepreneurs.”
“We expect that Denim goods from Bangladesh will yield greater brand value in the global market through this initiative,” said Mostafiz, who termed the initiative as a not-profitable one.
A total of 49 companies; 37 foreign and 12 local, will take part the upcoming Denim Expo while the organisers are expecting more turnout of apparel entrepreneurs, businessmen, fashion professionals and stakeholders of the industry from Europe, US, UK and several Asian countries in the expo this year.
Currently, Bangladesh produces low and mid end products. We are trying to reach the high end products by knowing about the global trend and the latest technologies through the Denim Expo, said Abu Haider Kabir (Kafi), Business Development Officer of Denim Expert Limited.
“Our aim is to bring foreign experts here and to enrich our industry by exchanging our experiences among ourselves,” adding that the show aims not only at promoting the denim trade in the country but also at encouraging greater business practices to raise the living standard of the people of Bangladesh, he said.
According to the industry insiders, Bangladesh is the second largest denim exporter in European markets while it is holding the third largest position in the USA market.
Bangladesh exports denims’ products worth around US$600m per annum to the global market.
Currently, the industry has 26 Denim fabric manufacturers with a total investment of $834m, which produce around 360m yards per year to meet 45 to 50% of the total demand of 720m yard for export yearly. The country, however, needs to import 60% fabric.
