BM Desk Report:
The Bangladesh Denim Expo’s 15th edition began at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB), Dhaka, on Wednesday. A total of 80 exhibitors from 12 countries are participating in the two-day expo this year, with 5,000 registered visitors from home and abroad.
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi inaugurated the expo as the chief guest. He said that Bangladesh is the second-largest apparel exporting country in the world, but in the case of denim, the country is the largest exporter both in the EU and the US.
“It is absolutely true that the Bangladesh Denim Expo has made a huge contribution to the success of Bangladesh’s denim exports,” the minister said.
Ziaur Rahman, H&M’s country manager for Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Africa, said his company has taken the initiative to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 56 percent by 2030 in the factories from which H&M sources goods.
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) president Faruque Hassan, Md. Siddiqur Rahman, former BGMEA president; SM Mannan Kochi, senior vice president of BGMEA; and Mostafiz Uddin, founder and CEO of Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE), were also present at the inauguration.
