BANGLADESH COTTON IMPORTS TO DOUBLE IN SIX YEARS – CONFERENCE TOLD
March 9th, 2015
With Bangladesh’S economy set to continue growing and local cotton production expected to remain insignificant, cotton imports are set to double by 2021, said industry players and experts attending the country’s first Global Cotton Summit. The two-day event (March 20-21) in Dhaka, was jointly organised by the Bangladesh Cotton Association (BCA) and Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA). In his keynote speech at the summit, Jahangir Alamin, managing director of Bangladesh-based Fuad Spinning Mills Ltd, said: “Bangladesh will remain a major and high ...
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