Denim products export to the European Union (EU) posted double-digit growth last year, enabling the country to elbow out Turkey and China in the regional market. Bangladesh shipped denim products, especially trousers worth € 932.86 million, to the EU in 2014 marking a 15.53 per cent growth compared to that of 2013, the BGMEA data based on Eurostat showed. Turkey earned € 871.08 million in 2014 registering a 7.73 per cent growth while China’s export to the market dropped by 7.40 per cent to € 657.65 million last year.
Md Shahidullah Azim, Vice President of BGMEA, said, “Now we are the largest denim exporter in the EU in terms of value, but the quantity is also high compared to that of other competing countries like Turkey and China. Bangladesh now needs to focus further on value-added products.”
