孟加拉国寻求服装产品免税进入美国和巴西市场

Bangladesh seeks duty waiver for RMG products in US and Brazil

Bangladeshi RMG products currently do not have duty-free access to US and Brazil, even though these two countries enjoy duty-free access for the cotton they export to Bangladesh for its apparel industry. Moreover, the US suspended Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facilities for Bangladesh on June 27, 2013.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) in a letter sent to the US ambassador to Bangladesh on February 16, President of BGMEA Siddiqur Rahman has requested for duty-free access to the US for Bangladeshi RMG products made from cotton imported from the US.

A similar proposal was sent to the Brazilian government via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday.

Bangladesh is the second largest importer of cotton in the world; the country imported 6.1 million bales of cotton last year. There are 430 textile mills in Bangladesh with a spindle capacity of 11.50 million.

Bangladesh has long been importing cotton from the US to make apparel for export and hence they firmly believe that US exports of cotton will grow significantly if apparel products made of the US cotton receive favourable treatment in terms of tariff in accessing the US market, the BGMEA president said in the letter.

If the US government extended duty-free market access for Bangladeshi RMG products made from US produced cotton, it would create a win-win situation for bilateral trade between the two countries.

The US is the single largest export destination for Bangladeshi products, especially apparel. According to BGMEA data, in July-December of the 2016-17 fiscal year, Bangladesh earned $2.56bn, a 9.11% decline from the $2.81bn earnings during the same period in 2015-16.

However, in the 2015-16 fiscal year, export to the US saw a 6.36% growth, amounting to $5.62bn, compared to the $5.28bn earnings in the 2014-15 fiscal year.

Brazil also has high potential for Bangladeshi apparel products, but their import duty is high, ranging from 30% to 35%, said the BGMEA letter sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Bangladesh needs to find a way to secure duty-free access to the Brazilian market and the Brazilian government should consider providing duty-free access for Bangladeshi apparel products made from Brazillian cotton exported to Bangladesh.

译文如下：

孟加拉国寻求服装产品免税进入美国和巴西市场

孟加拉国服装产品目前没有免税进入美国和巴西市场，尽管这两个国家享受棉花免税出口到孟加拉国的服装行业。此外，美国在2013年6月27日暂停了对孟加拉的普遍优惠制(GSP)政策。

在2月16日美国大使到孟加拉国访问时，服装制造商和出口商协会(BGMEA)致信大使说，BGMEA 会长Siddiqur Rahman要求从美国进口的棉花而制成的孟加拉服装产品可以免税进入美国。

类似的提案周日已通过外交部被送到巴西政府。

孟加拉国是世界上第二大棉花进口国，该国去年进口了610万包棉花。在孟加拉国有430家纺织厂，纺纱能力为1150万。

孟加拉国一直从美国进口棉花使服装出口，因此他们坚信，如果由美国棉花制成的服装产品在进入美国市场时能够享受到关税优惠待遇，那么美国的棉花出口将增长显著，BGMEA会长在信中表示。

如果美国政府对从美国进口棉花而制成的服装产品延长免税优惠，它将创建一个对两国双边贸易双赢的局面。

美国是孟加拉国产品最大的出口目的地，特别是服装。在2016-2017财年7月-12月，BGMEA数据显示，孟加拉国赚了25.6亿美元,与2015-2016同期28.1亿美元的收入相比下降了9.11%。

然而，2015 - 2016财年，对美国出口较2014-2015次啊年52.8亿美元的金额相比增长了6.36%至56.2亿美元。

巴西对孟加拉国的服装产品也有较高的潜力，但是他们的进口关税很高，从30%到35%不等，BGMEA在写给外交部的信中说。

孟加拉国需要找到一种方法来获得免税进入巴西市场，巴西政府应该考虑向出口到孟加拉国而制成的服装提供免税进入。