Bangladesh bags $14.56m export orders from ASAP show in US
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
FE Report
Bangladesh got export orders worth Tk 14.56 million US dollars from the Apparel Sourcing Associ-ation Pavilion (ASAP) show, a premier apparel exposition, held in Las Vegas of the USA.
Thirteen garments exporting companies, members of Bangladesh Garment Manu-facturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Bangladesh Knitwear Manu-facturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) took part in the show under the auspices of Export Promo-tion Bureau last month, said a press release.
The show was held in Sand Exposition Hall of Venetion Hotel. Apart from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Macao, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Israel were the other nations that attended the show.
A wide variety of woven and knit garments such as T-shirt, polo shirt, sweat shirt, tank-top, trousers and shirts were exhibited in Bangladesh stand during the fair.
About 50 thousand buyers who registered with the ASAP visited the show and were seen enthusiastic about the apparel products from Bangladesh. Besides these registered buyers, some buying agents of world-famous Wal-mart, K-mart, Kumer Group, Nautica, GAP and Target also visited the Bangladesh stand. All the visiting buyers had a lot of praise for Bangladeshi garments.
Bangladesh Ambassador to United States Humayun Kabir visited the Bangladesh pavilion and discussed various issues and strategy with the participants as well as with the buyers.
Bangladesh got export orders worth Tk 14.56 million US dollars from the Apparel Sourcing Associ-ation Pavilion (ASAP) show, a premier apparel exposition, held in Las Vegas of the USA.
Thirteen garments exporting companies, members of Bangladesh Garment Manu-facturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Bangladesh Knitwear Manu-facturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) took part in the show under the auspices of Export Promo-tion Bureau last month, said a press release.
The show was held in Sand Exposition Hall of Venetion Hotel. Apart from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Macao, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Israel were the other nations that attended the show.
A wide variety of woven and knit garments such as T-shirt, polo shirt, sweat shirt, tank-top, trousers and shirts were exhibited in Bangladesh stand during the fair.
About 50 thousand buyers who registered with the ASAP visited the show and were seen enthusiastic about the apparel products from Bangladesh. Besides these registered buyers, some buying agents of world-famous Wal-mart, K-mart, Kumer Group, Nautica, GAP and Target also visited the Bangladesh stand. All the visiting buyers had a lot of praise for Bangladeshi garments.
Bangladesh Ambassador to United States Humayun Kabir visited the Bangladesh pavilion and discussed various issues and strategy with the participants as well as with the buyers.