BANGLADESH KNITWEAR
May 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLBANGLADESH'S first quarterly results following the abolition of textile trade quotas worldwide have been buoyed by the success of its knitwear industry in exporting to the European Union (EU). Prof Mustafizur Rahman, research director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has been quoted in Dhaka's press saying that the knitwear sector had actually enabled the country to grow its garment exports from January to March by 9.5% compared with the same period in 2004. Industry analysts have been predicting that Bangladesh would haemorrhage export ...
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