Batexpo order declines 27pc
Star Business Report
Spot orders from foreign buyers at the Bangladesh Apparel and Textile Exposition (Batexpo) 2006 has declined 27 percent this year. According to a press statement of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), garment exporters received orders worth $50 million at the Batexpo 2006 that ended yesterday. The Batexpo 2005 bagged orders worth $68.6 million. Some 3,000 people, including 50 buyers and 500 representatives of buyers, visited this year's fair. Prime Minister Khaleda Zia inaugurated this year's three-day Batexpo, the largest annual exposition of garment products, at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel on September 21.
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