Intex South Asia – Bangladesh Edition, the international textile sourcing show for fibres, yarns, fabrics, trims and more for the apparel industry, was held in International Convention City Bashundhara, Dhaka on June 16-18. 4,860 visitors from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Malaysia, Brazil, Italy, Germany and many more countries attended the show, which is the first post-pandemic international textile sourcing platform. More than 120 companies from India, Bangladesh, Korea, China, Thailand, Singapore, UAE, Italy, USA and more showcased their latest offerings for Bangladesh’s textile and apparel industry. Intex South Asia hosted a large number of buyers, including Bitopi Group, Akij Group, Epyllion Group, H&M, Marks&Spencer, Next Sourcing and Uniqlo, for three days.
Many entrepreneurs made new investments to cope with the rise in demand by increasing the factory capacity with the increase in purchase orders in 2021 in Bangladesh, which is considered a reliable sourcing partner worldwide. An increase in raw material demand was also observed following these capacity-building measures. The 3rd Edition of Intex South Asia – Bangladesh played an important role in meeting these industry demands through its international sourcing platform.
Worldex India Director and Intex South Asia organiser Arti Bhagat said; “We can confidently say that Intex South Asia is truly the industry’s strongest business and market intelligence platform, bridging the gap between India, Bangladesh, South Asia and the world.”
Full support from the ministry for Intex South Asia – Bangladesh
Bangladesh Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi and Indian Textile Ministry Secretary Upendra Prasad Singh attended the opening of the show, which also included the heads of industry associations from Bangladesh. In the opening speech, Gazi stated that Intex South Asia is a very important show in South Asia. He said they are delighted that this expo was held in Dhaka and disclosed; “I proudly recall the first edition of Intex South Asia, which was held in Dhaka in 2019 with excellent participation from different nations. We believe Intex South Asia platform will boost the economy and create opportunities for the textile and apparel industry of Bangladesh and other participating countries. We extend our all-out support for organizing this fruitful and meaningful trade exhibition in Bangladesh.”
Singh, looking at building close ties between India and Bangladesh, pointed out that India and Bangladesh should support each other to increase their MMF (man-made fibre) capacity to become global players. He continued his words as follows; “We have to go past bottlenecks to create positive business situations for both countries. India and Bangladesh have a lot of synergies and should look to build on our strengths as the canvas is big enough for both countries. I wish Intex South Asia all the success.”
Indian special textile collections were the centre of attention
Keeping in mind Bangladesh’s huge demand for innovative and trendy textiles, country pavilions from India, Bangladesh, China, Korea & Thailand were formed at the show. This year, the India Pavilion saw the biggest ever participation in Bangladesh. More than 75 Indian companies showcased their latest collections of Cotton and MMF textile collections of fibres, yarns and fabrics for export as well as domestic markets and connected with potential buyers from Bangladesh and other international markets that visited this show over 3 days. The hybrid textile showcase from China, Thailand and Korea received a good response from the visitors where buyers previewed the innovative and trendy textiles and made enquiries for the interested products as well as showed interest to organise B2B meetings after the show. In addition, Intex South Asia, where 329 enquiries were generated, once again presented the globally renowned Interactive Business Forum Seminar Series (IBF).