BGMEA unveils roadmap to $50b export

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has unveiled a roadmap to attain $50 billion export earnings by 2021 from the apparel sector.

The roadmap will concentrate on the priority and required activities that should be done to achieve the goal.

The roadmap as dubbed "Bangladesh RMG Roadmap: Targeting US$ 50 Billion Export by 2021" jointly prepared by the RMIT University of Australia and BGMEA was unveiled in Melbourne, said a BGMEA release yesterday.

Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Home Affairs Tipu Munsi, BGMEA President Siddiqur Rahman, Bangladesh High Commissioner to Australia Kazi Imtiaz Hossain, FBCCI First Vice President Safiul Islam Mahiduddin, Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor of RMIT University Professor Geoff Stokes, BGMEA Senior Vice-President Faruk Hasan, Vice-President Nasir Uddin and RMIT Professor and BGMEA International Affairs Advisor Sharif As-Saber were present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, the BGMEA president said the roadmap would give important directives towards attaining the Vision-2021.