Bangladesh seeks tariff benefits for increased cotton imports from US

BGMEA informed the ambassador that Bangladeshi spinners are keen to set up spinning mills  in the USA Bangladesh will import more cotton from the United States if the American government offers duty benefits for apparel items manufactured of American cotton. BGMEA president Md Siddiqur Rahman made the proposal at a meeting with the US Ambassador to Bangladesh, Earl R Miller, at the trade body’s headquarters in the capital on Sunday. In addition, BGMEA informed the ambassador that Bangladeshi spinners are keen to set up spinning mills  in the USA , if the US government would grant tariff benefits for RMG made with yarn imported from such factories in the USA.