孟加拉纺织行业遭受欧盟新贸易规则打击

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Bangladesh textiles hit by new EU trade rules
Bangladeshi textile manufacturers face a deep crisis after the European Union allowed duty free access of ready-made garments from the country produced with material imported from elsewhere, a business leader said Wednesday, reports Reuters.
Under new EU rules of origin, clothing exporters can now enjoy duty-free access to 27-nation EU -- the world's largest apparel market -- even if they source fabrics from other countries.
The previous EU rules of origin that persisted for 12 years had worked as a protective shield for local textile mills, as it required exporters to buy bulk of their fabrics from Bangladesh in order to enjoy duty free benefit in the EU.
"Imports of fabrics, the basic raw-materials of export-oriented ready-made garments (RMG) jumped many fold over the past nine months of the year as the EU relaxed the rules of origin," said Jahngir Alamin, president of Bangladesh Textiles Mills Association (BTMA).
"It is a massive threat for the sector as the imports picked at a dangerous level since the EU relaxed its import rules from January this year," Alamin told Reuters.
Officials said that during the first six months of the year Bangladeshi RMG exporters imported fabrics worth over 730 million taka ($10 million) from China alone, up from 130 million taka ($2.0 million) during the same period last year.
"The import rose 462 per cent, an alarming figure for the domestic manufacturers," Alamin said.
Bangladesh's RMG exporters import fabrics from different sources mainly from China and India.
There are more than 1,300 primary textile manufacturing factories in Bangladesh's textile sector with a total investment of more than $4.0 billion.
Readymade garments are the principal export earner for Bangladesh, and also the biggest employer, after agriculture, in the country.
Textile manufacturers said the EU protective shield that expired on December 31, 2010, was the main reason why local entrepreneurs have set up 380 spinning mills, 400 weaving mills and 260 dying factories in the country.
Alamin said manufacturers in India, Pakistan, China and Turkey are cashing in on the situation by, he alleged, dumping their fabrics in Bangladesh's textile industry.
BTMA had earlier sought cash incentive from the government to safeguard their investment and to make their products competitive as other competitive countries are providing incentives to their industries.
Source：thefinancialexpress-bd
译文如下：
孟加拉纺织行业遭受欧盟新贸易规则打击
路透社报道，周三，专家表示：自欧盟允许孟加拉成衣出口面料非当地生产，从别国进口面料制作的服装都能享受免关税政策后，孟加拉纺织行业将面临一次严重的打击。
新的欧盟原产地规则规定，现在服装出口，即便面料来自其他国家也可以免关税进入其27个成员国，这一世界上最大的服装市场。
之前的欧盟原产地规则要求服装出口商们需从孟加拉进口面料才能享受欧盟免关税政策，这一规定持续使用了12年，是孟加拉当地纺织工厂的有利的防护盾。
孟加拉纺织工厂协会董事Jahngir Alamin说：“自欧盟放宽原产地规定后，作为出口密集型服装生产国的基本原材料，面料进口量在过去的九个月中翻了几番。”
他告诉英国路透社记者，“自今年一月份欧盟放宽原产地规定后，这样的增长量对孟加拉来说无疑是一个巨大的威胁。”
官方表示，今年上半年度，孟加拉成衣出口商单从中国进口面料总值逾7.3亿塔卡（折合1千万美元）。
Alamin说：“进口增长幅度为462%，给孟加拉当地面料生产商们敲响了警钟。”
孟加拉成衣出口商从各国进口面料，但主要来源还是中国和印度。
孟加拉纺织行业总投入约为40亿美元，面料生产企业达1300多家。
成衣出口是孟加拉外汇的主要来源，也是孟加拉继农业之后的第二大支柱产业。
面料生产商表示，欧盟的防护政策已于2010/12/31正式告终，这是当地企业家大力兴建380家纺纱厂，400家制造厂和260家印染厂的主要原因。
Alamin宣称，来自印度，巴基斯坦，中国和土耳其的生产商们纷纷向孟加拉纺织行业倾销面料，从中获利。
由于别的竞争性的国家都有政府的现金鼓励政策，为了保护当地纺织行业，使当地纺织品保有竞争力，孟加拉国纺织厂协会先前也努力呼吁政府实施现金鼓励政策。

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