Growing cotton import signifies BD apparel growing amid pandemic

Bangladesh’s cotton import growth signifies that the apparel sector is growing. The local cotton import raised by about 9% to 75 lakh bales in the 2019-20 marketing year (MY) – the cotton marketing year begins in August and ends in July and one bale equals to 480 pounds – in spite of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, said a data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).