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　 Bangladesh launched clothing Three party plan for safety in production, supervision of fire safety and integrity of building structure

Recently, the Bangladesh government and Bangladesh employers' organizations and representatives of workers' organizations signed a national three party plan (NTPA), which aims at the review of fire safety and structural integrity of the clothing industry.

Bangladesh is the second largest in the world. Garment export Recently, thousands of people were killed and injured due to the lack of safety supervision in the industry. In addition to the United States' moratorium on giving preferential treatment to developing countries, the Bangladesh government is facing this problem. Internationally renowned buyers also offer special funds or other education training, hoping to help improve the production safety of garment factories. Nazrul Islam Khan, Secretary General of the Bangladesh labour Research Institute, pointed out that the problem of industrial labor safety should not be dominated by foreign buyers, but also that domestic labor rights should be granted to a platform for joint efforts with employers.

The members of the NTPA plan proposed that Garment industry Individuals or collectives should be responsible for ensuring fire safety and building integrity. The main contents of the review include plant building integrity, fire safety assessment, strengthening labour supervision, workers and management training, occupational safety and worker health, workers' rights and rehabilitation care for disabled workers. The implementation of these activities will be monitored by the three party committee. The chairman of the committee will be held by Mikail Shipar, Secretary of the Ministry of labour and employment of Bangladesh. The committee will review and update the necessary action plans, and it is expected that the relevant review actions will continue until 2015. Mikail Shipar said: "this action plan brings together many important commitments, together with the government, employers' organizations and workers' organizations to ensure the safety of the garment industry in Bangladesh. We will solve the problems in fire safety and building structures in a coordinated way. "

In the past financial year, although the Bangladesh garment industry suffered from political turmoil and a series of industrial accidents, its exports still increased by about 12.7%. According to the Bangladesh Export Promotion Council (EPB), Bangladesh's clothing exports amounted to US $21 billion 510 million in the 2012~2013 fiscal year (July June 2012), up from US $19 billion 90 million in the previous year. Although export growth has reached 12.7%, the total export volume has not yet reached the expected target of US $21 billion 540 million. Among them, the export volume of woven garments was 11 billion 40 million US dollars, an increase of 15% over the same period, and the export of knitted garments reached US $10 billion 470 million, an increase of 10.4% over the same period last year.

Since last October, global buyers began to increase orders from Bangladesh. At present, the country's volatile political situation and production safety risks have not had any negative impact on the increase of orders. Besides the European and American markets, orders from Japan, Russia and Latin America also show growth trend. However, Bangladesh Garment manufacturer The vice president of BGMEA and the exporter's Association said that the impact of factory safety problems will still appear in the coming months.

Consumers are keen on buying discount goods in India. Clothing sales Ushering in the rush hour

In India, when seasonal clothing sales are coming to an end, consumers will spend the weekend buying their favorite clothes. Since July this year, the major brands in the India market have launched more than 50 percent off discount, with a view to attracting more consumers.

In recent weeks, almost all of India's mainland and abroad. Clothing brand Even the jewelry brands are involved in this discount action. Including ZARA, VERO MODA and Tommy Hilfiger, brand discount basically reached 50 percent off. Since the start of the promotion season, the number of customers in large shopping malls and chain stores has increased sharply, so as to impress more consumers. At present, the discount rate of some brands has even reached a 3~4 discount.

In recent years, due to India's slow economic growth, inflation and low purchase rate, summer clothing sales have been greatly affected. On the one hand, the stock of brands and retailers is surging. On the other hand, consumers are looking forward to buying the "bargains". Until the brands such as Paul & Shark, Kenneth Cole, Diesel, Timberland and Quiksilver announced the clearance sale, consumers chose the clothes that they had long expected in many 50 percent off of the products sold. In addition, the overall enthusiasm of the current consumer market in India is also due to the early arrival of festivals and wedding peaks.

Experts pointed out that the current stage is the best season for clothing sales this season. Retailers expect that this way of sales can significantly reduce existing inventories, thereby enabling them to introduce new products.

From the existing consumption pattern, consumers in India will choose to go shopping to buy clothes because of a large discount. Whether such consumption patterns are beneficial to the clothing industry in India remains to be seen. At present, more brands choose to enjoy the growth of sales, temporarily ignoring this problem.