The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Monday urged the global buyers, apparel brands and retailers to be more sympathetic to the Bangladesh’s RMG industry under the current circumstances.
It made the call at a meeting with the global buyers and apparel brands held at the BGMEA office in the capital's Uttara.
After the meeting, BGMEA President SM Mannan Kochi said the retailers and brands assured them that they would not seek any discount, demand air shipment or cancel work orders because of the latest spell of violence and a halt in production, BSS reports.
He said they have apprised the global buyers and apparel brands about the government's steps to control the situation following the recent untoward incidents centering the quota reform movement.
Kochi also reaffirmed the BGMEA's as well as the government's highest possible support to reduce the impact of such untoward incidents.
He said that for the sake of the country's export-oriented industries, internet services were restored at shortest possible time.
Besides, the BGMEA president informed that the government has been convinced to speed up the loading and unloading operations at the land ports and sea ports alongside ensuring that the importers and exporters need not pay any demurrage at any port because of unexpected delay in loading and unloading of consignments.
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