Bangladesh Denim Expo on May 11

DHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) —  Two-day “Bangladesh Denim Expo” will be held at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in the capital on May 11-12 to showcaseBangladesh’s growth potential in the denim industry globally as
well as share knowledge with international denim producers and buyers.

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, MP will inaugurate the expo on May 11 while State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP conclude the exposition on May 12.  The show aims not only to promote denim trade in

Bangladesh but also to encourage greater business practice to raise the living standard of the people

in this country, said Chief Initiator of the expo and Managing Director of Denim Expert Ltd,

Mostafiz Uddin. “Our primary purpose is to create a platform for Denim stakeholders and to make

Bangladesh as one Stop Sourcing Platform for denim industry, which could bring benefits to the

entrepreneurs. Any surplus fund from the expo will be donated to a seed fund for establishing a

Denim University in Bangladesh,” he said.  Twenty-five exclusive denim and jeans related

manufacturers and enterprises from the USA, Spain, Japan, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey, China,

San Marino and host Bangladesh will take part in the exposition while the organizers are expecting

good turnout of apparel entrepreneurs, businessmen, fashion professionals and stakeholders of the

industry from Europe, USA, UK during the expo. A total of four seminars including a special one

with titled “Made in Bangladesh a new Reality-vision 2021” jointly organized with Bangladesh

Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA)& Bangladesh Denim Expo will be held

in the side line of the exposition. The discussion in the seminar will focus towards devising a

strategic action plan to overcome the existing challenges with a vision to increase Bangladesh’s share

to $7 billion in the global denim market by 2021. According to the industry insiders, Bangladesh is

the second largest denim exporter in European markets while it is holding the third largest position in

the USA market. Around 400 factories are exporting nearly 180 million pieces of denim jeans to the

world. Bangladesh presently has 25 denim producing factories with total investment of over $834

million. After performing the forthcoming May show, Bangladesh Denim Expo will showcase there

Next Exhibition on November 11-12th this year.