Bangladesh Garment Industry Is Facing Difficulties

< p > only a few countries such as China, Bangladesh and Vietnam can develop highly sophisticated manufacturing and pportation systems within weeks of receiving international orders.

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Bennett Modor P (Bennet model) helped China set up a leading garment for export in 1975, and Mao Zedong died a year later.

From then on, Modor began searching for other producing countries for fashion companies, from Guatemala to Vietnam and then to Indonesia.

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This year, a multi-storey factory in Bangladesh collapsed and a total of 1127 people were killed. In this global a target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" > dress /a industry history, the search for new locations became more difficult.

Modor said that buying from Bangladesh "has become politically incorrect since then, and the problem has emerged, so many manufacturers have begun to look for alternatives."

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Last week, a senior executive of a big American retailer called Modor and worried that he could no longer buy from Bangladesh. He wanted to go to Vietnam and Kampuchea to see if there was any other possibility. P

"I asked him to count Indonesia as a stop," he said.

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< p > many Western brand executives have embarked on this journey this spring.

Since January this year, Bangladesh has seen 33 regional and national strikes. Since February, hundreds of people have been killed in factional street battles. The collapse of Rana Plaza at the end of April caused many multinational companies to scramble for alternatives.

"Now the three characters in Bangladesh make the company a bad name," he said. He is the chief executive officer of Joseph model associates, which designs and distributes high-end clothing brand Anna Beller Annabelle New York, New York, and also designs self owned brands for different department stores.

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< p > executives are now searching for possible new suppliers in southern Vietnam, central Kampuchea and Indonesia's Java island.

Jakarta's JW Marriott Hotel, which has always been protected by a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/" and western apparel /a, is all booked up, and no room is available in the short term.

Indonesian clothing executives said that western customers continued to visit in recent months. All the questions raised were all about political stability, labor laws, safety regulations and wages.

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< p > "on the one hand, people are looking for contingency plans to prevent turbulence from worsening.

Some people want to withdraw directly from Bangladesh, but there are few such people.

Bruce rockowitz, President and chief executive officer of Hongkong Lifeng group, one of the world's largest sourcing companies, said Le Yumin.

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P Pauli clean clothes campaign, spokesman for Polyflor Pauli, thinks retailers' concerns are nothing more than putting on airs and making excuses to avoid raising safety standards.

"In the past ten years there has been political turmoil in Bangladesh, and of course, they should warn the government to stop immediately the bloody crackdown on street protests."

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< p > many underdeveloped countries produce T-shirts and basic a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > clothing < /a >.

But few countries - in fact only China, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Kampuchea and Pakistan - are able to develop highly sophisticated manufacturing and pportation systems within weeks of receiving international orders, producing tens of millions or even millions of quality and standardized garments.

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< p > clothes need to be marked accurately before they can pass the distribution center of big distributors smoothly.

This process requires a large number of skilled workers to oversee quality control, clothing codes and pportation. Large retailers and fashion companies have tried to seek other countries for many times, such as India, Africa and Latin America, but have failed in the end, where infrastructure has been bottlenecks, and skilled workers and managers are in short supply.

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< p > Modor says he usually refuses to place orders for customers in Bangladesh because Bangladesh is too dependent on high rise factories and there are security risks.

In contrast, Southeast Asia is totally different.

Since 1990s, Indonesia has stipulated that garment factories should not exceed two storeys, and two floors have access to the courtyard or balcony leading to the first floor to escape.

Despite the abuse of labor in Indonesia, local union leaders claimed that they were meticulously observing the rules.

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Rubana Huq, general manager of Mohammadi group, one of the largest garment manufacturers in Bangladesh, believes that the reason why Bangladesh is flooded with tall buildings is that the housing prices in the country are high and it is hard to persuade public utilities to install electricity and gas facilities in factories in P. Mo Hamadi group

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Less than P, however, a sharp decline in export orders in Bangladesh may soon come to a solution: multinational companies that are fleeing costs in China have entered Southeast Asia, where factory orders are full.

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"P is no longer possible," said suryadi sasmita, chairman of India Wacoal (Wacoal) garment manufacturing subsidiary. "Our orders are full this year."

"It is clear that customer demand has exceeded our capability because we all want to withdraw from Bangladesh and China," said Sanjay Kumar Goyal, chief financial officer of Busana apparel group, Jakarta.

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< p > according to Le Yumin, even if the political violence in Bangladesh is heating up, only 10% to 20% of the output or goods worth 200 million to 400 million dollars will be pferred to other countries in the next nine months.

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< p > the Indonesia national seamstress training center -- the proportion of female students is as high as 98%. It is located in Semarang port, where 12 thousand students graduate from here every year, but this is far from enough.

Next year, four factories will be opened in Semarang, with a total of 30000 employees, and more factories in the vicinity.

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"P", according to nurdin makruf, vice president of the Semarang branch of the national trade union, the newly opened factories have begun competing for scarce female tailors to provide free working meals and medical insurance for their workers, whose trade unions mainly represent the interests of garment workers. Noureddine

Construction companies are now trying to find enough workers to build all these factories, which are rising from the coconut trees, banana trees and coniferous forests in Central Java.

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< p > Haq said Bangladesh's "a href=" http://www.91se91.com "clothing exports" will drop by 5% to 10% this year, but it is expected that the Congress will soon restore confidence to international buyers and maintain strong growth over the next few years.

However, it is estimated that if Bangladesh continues to catch orders from large retailers and does not do anything else, the whole garment industry will eventually be unsustainable. In the next 2 to 3 years, big customers will gradually shift to other regions.

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< p > foreign businessmen can choose other suppliers. For Bangladesh to make clothes, relocation is not a way.

The system of national protection of workers is still not perfect. It needs further attention and efforts of the government, local employers and foreign investors.

We can advocate humane care, but we can not solve all problems with moral moralism.

Ultimately, solving problems still depends on effective policies and economic means.

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