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BGMEA urges Bangladesh govt to intensify efforts to attract FDI

24 Nov '21
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Pic: Surasak Petchang | Dreamstime.com

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has urged the government to intensify its efforts in attracting more FDI in potential sectors as Bangladesh needs more investments in the backward linkage textile sector, particularly woven. It added that areas like manmade fibre-based yarns and fabrics and functional fabrics like polyester, viscose, spandex etc have a high potential for investment.

BGMEA representatives and Salman F Rahman MP, private industry and investment advisor to the Prime Minister, recently had a meeting to discuss the present business situation, challenges being faced by the RMG industry in Bangladesh and possible course of actions to deal with the challenges, the association said in a press note.

Faruque Hassan, BGMEA president, stressed on the importance of improving ease of doing business, especially addressing the bottlenecks, reducing time, process and cost in all criteria of doing business to attract more foreign investment in the sectors.

BGMEA also expressed concerns over the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in some European countries as the EU is the largest export market for Bangladesh’s RMG. The BGMEA delegation expressed their hope that the government would continue its support to the RMG industry to help the sector to face possible challenges in the coming days.

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