Bangladesh garments factories see order influx as retailer opens stores

As major clothing retailers and brands in the EU and the US reopen, there has been an increase, although on a limited scale, in the influx of labor orders into garment factories in Bangladesh. Most local factory owners operate at a capacity of 80 per cent as customers return with job orders. Large units received a handsome volume of work orders, but the small and medium-sized apparel businesses in the country are still suffering. Compared to last year, there is an almost 30 per cent difference in obtaining work orders this year, says KM Rezaul Hasanat, Chairman and CEO of Viyellatex Company, a leading exporter of clothing.The volume of work orders confirmed by MA Jabbar, Managing Director of the DBL Group, another leading exporting company, will likely further reduce by September.