UNB, Dhaka :
The government has sent a progress report on ‘Bangladesh Action Plan 2013’ to the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) assuring it of fulfilling the remaining conditions ‘as soon as possible’.
“Most of the conditions (GSP Action Plan) have been fulfilled. The remaining conditions, which are time-consuming, will be fulfilled as soon as possible,” he told a group of reporters at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
The government could not fulfill the conditions of recruiting additional 200 factory inspectors by the April-15 deadline which is one of the major conditions for reinstatement of the generalised system of preferences (GSP) status to the US market mainly due to bureaucratic tangles.
The Commerce Minister is now hopeful of recruiting the required factory inspectors by June next. Responding to a question, Tofail said the
US government has expressed satisfaction over the progress Bangladesh made so far in line with the 16-point action plan given by the US administration for regaining the GSP.
This was the second time that the government has sent a progress report as the first one was submitted in November last year. Another major condition was to amend the laws of the export processing zones (EPZs) to allow the workers of such special economic zones the right to demonstrate to realise their demands.
The government has sent a progress report on ‘Bangladesh Action Plan 2013’ to the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) assuring it of fulfilling the remaining conditions ‘as soon as possible’.
“Most of the conditions (GSP Action Plan) have been fulfilled. The remaining conditions, which are time-consuming, will be fulfilled as soon as possible,” he told a group of reporters at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
The government could not fulfill the conditions of recruiting additional 200 factory inspectors by the April-15 deadline which is one of the major conditions for reinstatement of the generalised system of preferences (GSP) status to the US market mainly due to bureaucratic tangles.
The Commerce Minister is now hopeful of recruiting the required factory inspectors by June next. Responding to a question, Tofail said the
US government has expressed satisfaction over the progress Bangladesh made so far in line with the 16-point action plan given by the US administration for regaining the GSP.
This was the second time that the government has sent a progress report as the first one was submitted in November last year. Another major condition was to amend the laws of the export processing zones (EPZs) to allow the workers of such special economic zones the right to demonstrate to realise their demands.
