Clothing manufacturer in Bangladesh for German brands

Duty and origin

Germany applies EU rules, so clothing made in Bangladesh enters duty-free under Everything But Arms, with a REX statement on origin from the exporter. That continues through the transition after LDC graduation, to November 2029. The detail is in our guide for EU brands.

LkSG: supply chain due diligence

The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz, or LkSG) requires companies based in Germany with at least 1,000 employees to identify and address human-rights and environmental risks in their supply chains, and to report annually. Smaller brands are not directly in scope, but their customers often are, so the questions flow down the chain.

In practice a German buyer will ask for the factory name and address, a recent social audit, a grievance channel for workers and evidence that findings were fixed. We provide those documents with each order, and name the factory before production starts.

• Factory name, address and audit report for the site making your goods
• Written no-unauthorised-subcontracting commitment
• Corrective action reports where an audit found problems
• Fibre and yarn origin documents on cotton orders

Packaging: the LUCID register

Under the German Packaging Act, any company that puts packaged goods on the German market, including importers and online sellers based abroad, must register in the LUCID packaging register and license its packaging with a dual system. This covers polybags, hang tags, cartons and mailing bags, so decide who registers before your first shipment lands.

Labels for the German market

Fibre composition must appear in German under the EU textile labelling regulation. German retailers also expect care symbols, size in EU sizing and the importer’s contact details on the product or packaging under the EU General Product Safety Regulation.