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Global Chambers
GLOBAL CHAMBER
COLLABORATES TO
ORGANIZE INTERNATIONAL
RMG INDUSTRY MEETUP
Global Chamber New York City in collaboration with Global national economy at a significant rate. About
Chamber Dhaka organized a virtual B2B industry meetup 76% of the total export revenue comes from the
titled ‘’Globinar GC New York City and GC Dhaka Cross Metro RMG sector. The RMG industry is the country's
Meetup: The RMG Industry’’ on 18 November 2021. This event largest export earner with a value of over
created the opportunity to bring together companies from the $24.49bn of exports in the last financial year.
RMG sector and its affiliated industries based in NYC, Dhaka The featured companies from NYC included
and from all over the globe to facilitate business between Jasmine Sandler - Founder and CEO JSMedia;
them. The event which witnessed 60+ participants including Lokesh Parashar, President of Federation of
entrepreneurs, business owners, investors, government Buying Agents, Director at Adkindia LLC. and
representatives, as well as executives, involved directly or Kurt Cavano - the CEO at Nimbly, a 3D knitting
indirectly with RMG to exchange and share growth platform that matches supply with demand,
opportunities between them. The globinar also served as a turning products around in less than one hour.
premier interdisciplinary platform to present and discuss the Representing the Dhaka metro, Maheer Mannan
latest innovations, trends, and concerns, as well as practical - Deputy Managing Director at Shangu Tex
challenges and solutions in the domains of Ready-Made Limited, a second generation Bangladesh RMG
Garments Industry. entrepreneur and Imtiaz Ahmed from LIMRA
Bangladesh is now the third largest exporter of ready-made Trade and Exhibition attended the meetup to
garments (RMG), with China remaining the largest exporter share their expertise from their relevant
and Vietnam overtaking Bangladesh as the second largest sectors.
according to the latest figures from the World Trade Statistical The Special Guest speaker hailing from India,
Review 2021 released by World Trade Organization (WTO). Lokesh Parashar, added valuable insight on the
From the last ten years, the RMG sector has contributed to the need for the RMG industry to be compliant with
sustainability and its impact on the
environment.
The meetup was hosted by
Maimun Mustafa,
Executive Director, GC
Dhaka and Susan Assadi,
Executive Director, GC NYC.
The moderators
emphasized that Global
Chamber promotes
meaningful discussions on
numerous industries all
across the globe to
facilitate business to
become easier globally.
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