Bangladesh starts exporting garment waste to India for the first time

[bluesky]

Bangladesh starts exporting garment waste to India for first time

A total of 111 metric tons of jhut left for India on the first day

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Bangladesh starts exporting garment waste to India for first time​

A total of 111 metric tons of jhut left for India on the first day

A ship named “Ya Razzak” left for India from the West Muktarpur Summit Alliance Port of Dhaleswari River in Munshiganj on Saturday, August 28, 2022 Collected
Shamima Rita, Munshiganj
August 27, 2022 10:01 PM

Bangladesh has started exporting unused cotton fabric (jhut) of garment factories to India by sea for the first time. Confirming the matter to Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority Director Mohammad Rafiqul Islam said that it will be possible to earn a large amount of foreign currency through this export program.

A ship named “Ya Razzak” left for India from the West Muktarpur Summit Alliance Port of Dhaleswari River in Munshiganj with 111 metric tons of jhut on Saturday.

Moktar Hossain Traders company started the jhut export operations with India. Ruhul Amin, assistant manager of Muktarpur Summit Alliance Port, said that 111 metric tons of shipments left for India on the first day.

“Now, the ship will leave for Dhubri Port in Assam, India by tomorrow (Sunday) after the final procedures are completed. It will take six to seven days to reach the destination at a distance of 650km.

The company has a plan to export 100,000 metric tons of jhut per year,” he added.

 

[bluesky]

The company has a plan to export 100,000 metric tons of jhut per year,

Exporting 100,000 tons of jhuts is a large quantity and will bring good money into the country.

The cotton jhuts are the residue after making clothes. The Jhuts are grouped together in the same colors and are turned back into cotton which is then recycled to produce fabrics.

I have seen a video on this subject. I will upload the link here if I find it.

 

[pikkuboss]

Exporting 100,000 tons of jhuts is a large quantity and will bring good money into the country.

The cotton jhuts are the residue after making clothes. The Jhuts are grouped together in the same colors and are turned back into cotton which is then recycled to produce fabrics.

I have seen a video on this subject. I will upload the link here if I find it.

Yeah I know that. Don't Bangladesh have those kinda factory?

 

[Imran Khan]

GOD have mercy on this ship . its seems this ship can sink anytime .

 

[bluesky]

Yeah I know that. Don't Bangladesh have those kinda factory?

There seem to be numerous fabric recycling companies in Bangladesh. I have seen a video where an Italian company also has a factory somewhere near Dhaka.

BD produces at least $50 billion worth of textile goods the larger part of which is exported. And in the process, a few million tons of waste are recycled. India is now importing the same to feed its own recycling industries.

Open the link below to get a few names of recycling factories in BD.

List of Waste Textile companies in Bangladesh

List of waste-textile companies Over 54 in Bangladesh .

www.listofcompaniesin.com

 

[Arthur]

Yeah I know that. Don't Bangladesh have those kinda factory?

It does. But not enough to process all the waste we make.

Jhut business is very profitable in BD and a great source of income for political goons.

 

[Bilal9]

You can make all sorts of things from recycled cotton besides new yarn and fabric.

Paper is one of them (100% cotton paper for example).

 

[Bilal9]

Handmade deckle (uneven) edge paper made from cotton fibers is made in India/China and exported overseas.

One A4 sheet will cost close to a dollar.

Indian factories import the "jhute" pieces from Bangladesh, bleach them and use the fibers to make this luxurious paper.

As usual - we Bengalis don't know how to add value to export overseas. Our uneducated folks only make "sotolok" type handmade paper from Banana and jute fibers and sell that garbage to places like Aarong.

These 100% cotton sheets are used by Calligraphers and artists to make wedding invitations, dinner table place (name) cards and other keepsakes. The technology is 2500 years old and really hasn't changed much.

 

[Bilal9]

GOD have mercy on this ship . its seems this ship can sink anytime .

It is probably almost 50 yrs. old. There is no such thing as "fitness" certificate in Bangladesh which can be obtained in exchange of a few thousand taka.

Everything is left up to owner risk as far as ship design and fitness to weather storms and unfavorable marine conditions.

Local ships don't have to conform to DNV or any other safety shipbuilding norms, which are only used for making export ships. That said the better builders (larger companies) do maintain int'l standards of shipbuilding.

However - I think this ship is even considered severely unfit and dilapidated in Bangladesh. I am surprised they let it ply between Bangladesh and India. This may be the function of Indian importer refusing to pay proper shipping charges by renting standard vessels and trying to scrape the bottom of the barrel.

Typical lighterage and coastal vessels are way better equipped as in the Karnaphuli river in Chittagong as shown below.

 

[bluesky]

Handmade deckle (uneven) edge paper made from cotton fibers is made in India/China and exported overseas.

One A4 sheet will cost close to a dollar.

Indian factories import the "jhute" pieces from Bangladesh, bleach them and use the fibers to make this luxurious paper.

As usual - we Bengalis don't know how to add value to export overseas. Our uneducated folks only make "sotolok" type handmade paper from Banana and jute fibers and sell that garbage to places like Aarong.

These 100% cotton sheets are used by Calligraphers and artists to make wedding invitations, dinner table place (name) cards and other keepsakes. The technology is 2500 years old and really hasn't changed much.

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I thought that the fabric wastes are segregated in colors and are recycled and mixed with cotton to produce new fabrics.

Your post has opened my eyes to this grand use of waste fabrics. Thanks for the knowledge input.

 

[Bilal9]

I thought that the fabric wastes are segregated in colors and are recycled and mixed with cotton to produce new fabrics.

Your post has opened my eyes to this grand use of waste fabrics. Thanks for the knowledge input.

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