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Bangladeshi textile minimum wage increased by over 56%
The minimum wage committee of Bangladesh has approved a 56.25 percent raise in the minimum monthly salary of the country’s four million textile sector workers, bringing it to 12,500 takas (about €104). Raisha Afroz, the secretary of the government-nominated committee, told the news agency AFP that the new minimum salary ...
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Bangladesh’s footwear exports rise slightly but miss government’s targets
In the nine months from July 2022 to March 2023, Bangladesh’s exports of leather footwear fell by 0.88 percent year-over-year to $534.23 million but missed the government’s export target by 10.59 percent. Meanwhile, overall exports of leather and leather products rose by 2.56 percent over the period to $919.73 million ...
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Bangladesh’s leather footwear exports fall by 21.2% in 2019/2020
Bangladesh’s exports of leather footwear declined by 21.2 percent in the fiscal year ended in June 2020 to $478.75 million. While, exports of other footwear rose by 2.1 percent to $277.13 million. Total exports of Bangladesh’s leather industry declined by 21.8 percent to $797.6 million during the period. Footwear ...
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Bangladeshi leather exports fall
Exports of Bangladesh’s leather sector fell by 9 percent to $631.9 million in the first eight months of the country’s financial year, ended in February 2020, as leather footwear exports decreased by 11.2 percent to $376.6 million. Exports of finished leather fell by 27.9 percent to $84.2 million, while leathergoods ...
