{"id":30550,"date":"2026-08-14T17:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/bangladesh-takes-denims-lead-as-global-sourcing-shifts-east\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:35:47","slug":"bangladesh-takes-denims-lead-as-global-sourcing-shifts-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/bangladesh-takes-denims-lead-as-global-sourcing-shifts-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh takes Denim&#8217;s lead as global sourcing shifts east"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.fibre2fashion.com\/Newsresource\/images\/312\/chatgpt-image-aug-14-13_324253.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p style=\"font-family:'Aptos Narrow','Aptos',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt\">\t<span><em><strong>Chart <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>:<\/strong> US denim jean import share, <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, with China\u2019s <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>\u2013<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> decline highlighted.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:'Aptos Narrow','Aptos',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt\">\t<span><em><strong>Source:<\/strong> US OTEXA Denim Jean (HS <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>) import data<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>\t<strong>Cost and supply chain<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Bangladesh\u2019s advantage is built on vertical integration. Leading mills can combine spinning, weaving, washing and finishing within an integrated production base, reducing handling, lead times and reject rates. BTMA says Bangladesh now has close to <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> modern denim mills with installed capacity near <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million metres a year, versus about <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> mills a decade ago. Cumulative sector investment has risen from Tk <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion (~$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million) to nearly Tk <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion (~$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion).<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n        <ph name=\"Courtsey\"\/>&#13;\n    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/apparel-news\/bangladesh-takes-denim-s-lead-as-global-sourcing-shifts-east-312676-newsdetails.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chart *: US denim jean import share, ****, with China\u2019s ****\u2013**** decline highlighted. Source: US OTEXA Denim Jean (HS ****.**, ****.**) import data Cost and supply chain Bangladesh\u2019s advantage is built on vertical integration. Leading mills can combine spinning, weaving, washing and finishing within an integrated production base, reducing handling, lead times and reject rates&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}