Home Street Fashion Beyond power cuts: What’s at stake for Bangladesh’s RMG sector?

Beyond power cuts: What’s at stake for Bangladesh’s RMG sector?

86

BKMEA survey shows Bangladesh knitwear factories face severe energy disruption, with 90 per cent citing electricity shortages and 75 per cent hit by gas crisis.
Knitting output fell around 37–38 per cent, sewing about 40 per cent and dyeing 51 per cent; 87 per cent reported shipment delays.
Higher fuel costs, buyer discounts, order cuts and loan-default risks are also rising.BKMEA survey shows Bangladesh knitwear factories face severe energy disruption, with 90 per cent citing electricity shortages and 75 per cent hit by gas crisis.
Knitting output fell around 37–38 per cent, sewing about 40 per cent and dyeing 51 per cent; 87 per cent reported shipment delays.
Higher fuel costs, buyer discounts, order cuts and loan-default risks are also rising.