Bangladesh Faces Shortage of Yarn Supply 

Bangladesh's fast-growing knit apparel industry appears to run into trouble for short supply of local yarn.  Previously, local spinners could supply yarn within 7-10 days of order, but now it takes 25-45 days. 

The difference between the demand and supply is increasing day by day. The yarn production capacity could not keep pace with the growth of the knit apparel sector. The yarn short supply would take a serious turn in future as the sector sees a faster growth of 31% compared to the growth of production capacity.

Bangladesh Knitwear manufacturers and Exporters Association is demanding the Government to withdraw the ban on yarn import through land port that the government imposed in March 2001 on the plea that it prompts smuggling through false declarations.

The Association also defended theri demand saying that local yarn price remained much higher than the imported one and there was lack of ships to import yarn through sea.  

According to the industry insiders, the ban on yarn import through land port contributed to a lot of the growth of the spinning mills in the country as well as reopening many sick spinning mills.

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