The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Two seminars on Bangladeshi garments were held in Tokyo and Osaka of Japan recently to help expand the markets of garments there.

Quality and different aspects of the apparel industry and possibilities and opportunities of foreign investments in Bangladesh were also highlighted at the seminars.

The Bangladesh embassy in Japan and the JITA jointly organised the seminars, a press release of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) said.

Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan Asraf-ud-Doula chaired the seminars where director of BGMEA Osama Tasir represented his organization.

Tasir focused on the Bangladesh economy, its population and quality of garments and different aspects of the garment industry with their immense possibilities and working of the BGMEA.

He also presented a ten-minute video on the garment industry in Bangladesh and opportunities on foreign investment in the country.

It generated enthusiasm among Japanese buyers to import garments from Bangladesh.

Tasir also invited Japanese buyers to attend the fair on Bangladeshi readymade garments in Tokyo and BATEXPO-2007 fair in Dhaka on November 15-17.

A large number of Japanese buyers and officials of the JITA attended the seminars.