Remove trade barriers with Japan: BGMEA

Local garment exporters yesterday demanded removal of trade barriers in Japan to boost apparel shipments to the East Asian nation.

There is enormous scope for Japan and Bangladesh to go for increased trade and investment to derive more mutual benefits, said Faruque Hassan, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

Hassan spoke in a meeting when Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh ITO Naoki paid a courtesy call on the BGMEA president at the association's office in Dhaka. They discussed possible ways of expanding trade between Bangladesh and Japan and further deepening relationship.