BANGLADESH KNITWEAR SECTOR URGES BUYERS TO INCREASE PRODUCTION PRICES
October 1st, 2012
BY POORNA RODRIGO
THE BANGLADESH Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) has told global clothing buyers to increase the "cutting and making" (CM) prices of garments so local manufacturers can afford higher wages to workers.
Speaking to Knitting International, BKMEA president Salim Osman said this would help ease the labour problems currently harming the sector: "If buyers do not give higher prices or at least as expected, how would manufacturers cope with the matter of pay hikes?"
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