Knitwear garment exporters in Bangladesh want the permissible wastage rates to be raised from the current ceilings.

They say the wastage rates for knitwear-making from yarn are unrealistic and that if they are to meet the apparel export targets, business activities need to be simplified and that they will not be able to reach the goals if they have to face a fault-finding attitude. Exporters often run out of lead time to settle the HS code issues and get the orders cancelled eventually. They also say they miss the export lead time due to raw materials and accessories stuck up at ports and a lengthy supervision by revenue officials of cutting at factories.Garment entrepreneurs saythey are put into trouble since most of the applications by export-oriented industries seeking their raw materials to be enlisted with the harmonised system code are not accepted. Owing to a constantly changing market apparelmakers need to import new types of raw materials that are not in the harmonised list. According to them, imported raw materials need to be released without any bank guarantee or duty if the harmonised system code of the product is mentioned in the utilisation declaration by the BGMEA or the BKMEA.