THE NEW TEXTILE FACTORIES TO BOOST VALUE-ADDED APPAREL EXPORTS IN BANGLADESH
May 1st, 2021
The Bangladesh clothing industry is looking forward to the completion of five state-of-the-art textile factories at the Korean Export Zone (KEPZ) with combined floor space of 2 million square feet as an important expansion of local backward linkages. The factories, three of which are under construction, and two (producing polyester yarn and fabrics) are already open, will produce manmade fibre (MMF) yarn and finished garments, at the KEPZ, located in the south-eastern port of Chattogram. They will be and owned and run by the South Korea-based Youngone ...
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