Garment manufacturers

today demanded of the government for selling the goods
by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) to the
garment workers at lower prices for their relief.

Faruque Hassan, President of Bangladesh Garment
Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), today
met the TCB chairman and urged him to arrange 40 special
truck sales of goods in garment industry dense areas.

Hassan also sent a letter to the TCB for selling the
goods to the workers at an affordable price, he said at
a press conference while speaking on different issues of
the garment industry.

However, the BGMEA President did not tell in details
about the sales of goods to the workers.

He also said they are receiving higher prices from
the sales of garment items from the international
retailers and brands as they are adjusting the prices of
raw materials with the per unit garment items.

“But, the ongoing Russia and Ukraine war has been
affecting the export of goods to Russia and Ukraine in
the time of business recovery from the severe fallouts
of the COVID-19,” Hassan said.

The BGMEA has been lobbying with the influential
bodies in Europe and USA, the two main export
destinations of the country, so that the export grows in
near future.

For instance, the BGMEA has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the American Apparel and
Footwear Association for expanding the apparel markets
in the American markets.