Related Keywords: acceleration in machinery imports, Bangladesh textile mills, Bangladesh Textile Mills Association, dyeing and finishing, expanding production capacity, garment factories, investment in primary textile sector, spinning, weaving
Bangladesh has witnessed acceleration in machinery imports as entrepreneurs set up 26 textile mills in spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing last fiscal year. According to data from Bangladesh Textile Mills Association, last fiscal year, $445.7 million worth of capital machinery was imported by the textile sector.
Capital machinery imports by the primary textile sector increased about 54 percent year-on-year in fiscal 2014-15 on the back of higher demand for raw materials from garment exporters. A BTMA certification is required for importing machinery for the textile sector.
