到2021年，孟加拉国可能不能达到其服装出口目标

Bangladesh may miss its apparel exports target for 2021

Bangladesh had fixed a target of reaching $50 billion in apparel exports by 2021. But now it seems like an unlikely target. Achievement would require an export growth of more than 12 per cent while growth currently hovers around three per cent.

The country is losing competitiveness globally. Buyers are shifting to Vietnam and other neighboring countries. Another factor is the devaluation of the euro. The Bangladeshi currency remains strong against the dollar. Its competitors are taking advantage of devaluation of their currencies against the dollar. Turkey and Vietnam have devalued their currencies and this is helping their export growth.

Another problem Bangladesh has had to face is a fall in price of apparels in the EU and US markets. In 2015, prices of Bangladeshi apparels dropped 3.81 per cent and 0.76 per cent in the US and EU. Last year, prices came down by more than one per cent in the US and 3.19 per cent in EU countries.

In the last two years, production costs in Bangladesh have increased by up to 17 per cent due to several reasons including a hike in gas prices. Bangladeshi exporters have lost a seven per cent market share in Canada and six per cent in the UK.

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到2021年，孟加拉国可能不能达到其服装出口目标

孟加拉国有固定的目标，到2021年服装出口达500亿美元。但现在似乎是一个不太可能的目标。出口增长需要取得超过12%的增长，而经济增长当前仅徘徊在百分之三。

该国正失去全球竞争力。买家正转向越南等邻国。另一个因素是欧元的贬值。孟加拉国货币兑美元依然强劲。竞争对手正在利用本币兑美元汇率的贬值。土耳其和越南本国货币贬值，这有助于他们的出口增长。

孟加拉国不得不面对的另一个问题是在欧盟和美国市场服装价格下降。2015年，孟加拉国服装在美国和欧盟市场的价格分别下降了3.81%和0.76%。去年，在美国市场价格下降超过1%，欧盟国家为3.19%。

在过去的两年里，孟加拉国生产成本增加了17%由于包括天然气价格上涨等的几个原因。孟加拉国的出口商已经失去了在加拿大17%市场份额以及英国的6%的市场份额。