3-day Apparel Exposition begins in Chittagong Jan 20

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A three-day apparel exposition titled Chittagong Apparel, Fabric and Accessories Exposition (CAFAXPO 2011) will begin on January 20 in Chittagong with new features and the core objective to showcase quality products to the visitors. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is organizing the 9th apparel expo in Chittagong zila Krira Sangstha (CJKS) Indoor Stadium. This is a Chittagong edition of the annual Bangladesh Apparel and Textile Exposition (BATEXPO)

Industry Minister Dilip Barua will inaugurate a seminar at the Chittagong Club auditorium at 3 pm the same day on the occasion of the ninth CAFAXCO.

The fair will display an array of garment products produced in the port city like fabrics, accessories, garment machinery, IT and IT-enabled services.

Glimpses of batexpo 2010 at BICC in the capital yesterday. SUN PHOTO

BGMEA additional secretary Probir Kanti Das told BSS yesterday that the apparel expo would provide participants with a great opportunity not only to display the unique aspects of the recent development but also shed light on their progress.

He said the main objective of the fair is to encourage local and international entrepreneurs in the garment industry towards establishing backward linkage industries including fabrics and accessories in Chittagong encouraged by the country’s key sea port and international airport facilities.

There is no alternative to setting up backward linkage industries in the country to survive the competition in the present free trade economy, he said and added that the apparel expo is being organized to that end. The fair will bring a good number of leading industrial units under one roof resulting in business transaction worth crores of Taka.

Chittagong is the second largest readymade garment (RMG) hub next to Dhaka as the port city has now 764 export-oriented apparel industries both large and small. Around 3.5 million workers are now engaged in the country’s RMG sector fetching 13 billion US dollars annually to the national exchequer, BGMEA sources said.

- Source: The Sun, Tue, 04/01/2011

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