A Denim Expo will be held in Bangladesh, November 11 and 12, 2015. Hundreds of retailers, fashion designers, and denim fabric makers are expected to attend.
A total of 41 companies will showcase their products at the exposition, up from the previous edition’s 25. Participants are from countries such as China, India, Pakistan, the US, Turkey, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Japan and Germany.
One of the reasons for Bangladesh’s rising popularity as a source for denim products is that China, the world’s largest denim supplier, has become expensive for its higher costs of production.
Bangladesh’s exports of denim products to Europe between January and June were up 23 per cent year-on-year. About 20 per cent of Bangladesh's denim exports go to the US and 80 per cent to European markets. Bangladesh is the third largest denim exporter to the US, after Mexico and China.
The country’s denim makers have also started shipping to some new destinations: China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan and Russia. Among the global players in the denim market, Bangladesh stands behind China, the US, Italy and some Latin American countries.
Bangladesh supplies denim products to retailers such as H&M, Uniqlo, Levi's, Nike, Tesco and Wrangler. There are some 30 mills in Bangladesh producing 21 million yards of denim fabrics a month.
www.bangladeshdenimexpo.com
