Garment accessories’ makers in Bangladesh recently urged the Government to legalise sub-contracting for them so as to help small- and medium-scale units sustain while also enable them entertain more work orders.
Media reports maintained this adding the BGAPMEA or Bangladesh Garment Accessories and Packaging Manufacturers and Exporters Association made this plea in a recent budget proposal to the country’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) even as currently sub-contracting is neither allowed nor restricted for the accessories’ makers even if the accessories makers’ body underlined apparel exporters can do sub-contracting but being the backward linkage industry and deemed exporters, the accessories and packaging manufacturers cannot do sub-contracting legally.
Meanwhile, speaking to the media, industry insiders maintained, as result of this issue, accessory makers, reportedly, face various bond- and customs-related barriers.
