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Related Keywords: Africa Growth opporunity act, bilateral trade, Canandian government, establish marketplace, explore new avenues, export Swazi textiles, local textile, Shawn Barber, suspension of Swaziland, Swazi textiles, Swaziland textile industry, the High Commissioner of Canada to Swaziland

Swaziland has suffered a setback after the recent announcement made by United States of America President Barack Obama on the suspension of Swaziland from the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA).

The Canadian government is planning to explore new avenues to establish market place for the local textile industry of Swaziland.

Related Keywords: Bangladesh RMG, BTMA, cotton yarn, export industry, knit fabric, local textile, Primary Textile Sector, raw material, specialized garment, woven fabric

Bangladesh readymade garment (RMG) manufacturers which dependent heavily on imported cotton yarn and woven fabric having gradually started using more such local raw materials for the export industry.
 
According to Textile Mills Association (BTMA), the country imported 236 million kilograms (kgs) of cotton yarn and 289 million kgs of woven fabrics in the last fiscal. The import figures were 240-million-kg yarn and 295-million-kg fabrics in the previous year.