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Figures on Bangladesh’s garment industry you can quote, with the guide that explains each one and its primary source, plus our fact sheet, the founders, photos and logos you may publish, and how to reach us.
Figures you can quote.
Each figure is taken from one of our guides, which lists its sources and the date they were checked. Please credit the primary source and link the guide.
US$38.70bn
Bangladesh exported US$38.70 billion of ready-made garments in the fiscal year to June 2026 (FY2025-26), 1.64% less than the year before and 80.6% of all its exports.
Source: Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), FY2025-26. Explained in Bangladesh garment exports in 2026.
6.8%
Bangladesh supplied 6.8% of world clothing exports in 2025, second only to China among single countries.
Source: World Trade Organization, World Trade Statistical Review. Explained in Bangladesh garment exports in 2026.
21.6%
Bangladesh supplied 21.6% of the clothing the European Union imported from outside the EU in 2025 (US$21.9 billion of US$101.7 billion), second only to China at 29.5%.
Source: UN Comtrade, HS chapters 61 and 62, 2025. Explained in Why manufacture clothing in Bangladesh.
US$4.38bn
Germany was the largest EU buyer of Bangladeshi clothing in FY2025-26, at US$4.38 billion, 11.50% less than the year before; Spain was second at US$3.60 billion, up 6.00%.
Source: BGMEA, Export Performance (Export Promotion Bureau data), FY2025-26. Explained in Clothing from Bangladesh for German brands.
US$240m
From January to August 2026, China moved back ahead of Bangladesh as the second-largest apparel supplier to the United States, by US$240 million; Bangladesh’s US sales fell 4.43% and China’s 29.39%.
Source: US Department of Commerce, OTEXA, January to August 2026. Explained in Bangladesh loses No. 2 spot in US apparel imports.
26.5%
A cotton T-shirt made in Bangladesh pays 26.5% duty entering the United States: the 16.5% general rate plus a 10% Section 301 tariff on goods of Bangladesh from 24 July 2026.
Source: US Harmonized Tariff Schedule; Federal Register notice 2026-15181. Explained in HS codes for clothing.
Tk 12,500
The legal minimum wage for an entry-grade garment worker in Bangladesh is Tk 12,500 a month (from 1 December 2023), with a 9% annual increment since December 2024.
Source: Minimum Wage Board gazette of 20 December 2023; IndustriALL, 16 December 2024. Explained in Bangladesh garment worker wages.
42.6%
Fabric made up 42.6% of the price of a basic cotton T-shirt in a study of cost sheets from four Bangladeshi factories; the cost of making was 15.2%.
Source: Rajib et al. (2023), Journal of Textile Science and Technology, 9. Explained in How a garment price is built.
Fact sheet
| Name | CMB Sourcing Ltd. |
|---|---|
| What it is | A garments buying house: each order is made in our sister factory or an audited partner factory, named before production, and we manage it. |
| What it does not do | Run sewing lines of its own; sell retail or single pieces. |
| Services | Full package (FOB), CMT, private label and OEM/ODM production, with sampling, fabric sourcing, quality inspection and shipping. |
| Minimum order | 500 pieces per style and colour; higher for some categories, also per style and colour: 2,000 pieces for woven shirts, workwear, denim jeans and jackets; 5,000 pieces for underwear; 5,000 pairs for socks. |
| Smaller runs | From 150 pieces per style, per colour: made and priced by Collective Studio Ltd., our sister company, under the same ownership, and managed by us. |
| Address | BSCIC Industrial Area, Narayanganj 1420, Bangladesh |
| Primary markets | Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union |
| Website languages | English; country guides and service pages also in Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Swedish. |
| Founders | AB Rahman (founder) and Homaira Jashim (co-founder) |
| Google Business Profile | Verified profile on Google Maps |
| Press contact | hello@clothingmanufacturerbangladesh.com, +880 1999-913309 |
About CMB Sourcing Ltd.
Short version (59 words)
CMB Sourcing Ltd. is a garments buying house in Narayanganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It manages full package, CMT, private label and OEM/ODM clothing production for apparel brands: each order is made in its sister factory or an audited partner factory, named before production. It runs no sewing lines itself. Its own orders start at 500 pieces per style and colour.
Longer version (141 words)
CMB Sourcing Ltd. is a garments buying house in Narayanganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It manages full package, CMT, private label and OEM/ODM clothing production for apparel brands: each order is made in its sister factory or an audited partner factory, named before production. It runs no sewing lines itself. Its own orders start at 500 pieces per style and colour. It works for brands, retailers and e-commerce sellers in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union, and handles sampling, fabric sourcing, quality inspection and shipping. Smaller runs, from 150 pieces per style, per colour, are made and priced by its sister company Collective Studio Ltd., under the same ownership. CMB Sourcing Ltd. was founded by AB Rahman and Homaira Jashim. Its guides to Bangladesh’s garment industry cite their sources and the date each was checked.
Founders, and what to ask them about
AB Rahman, Founder. AB Rahman is the founder of CMB Sourcing Ltd. and Head of Growth at Collective Studio Ltd., a Narayanganj factory that puts ethical manufacturing first, on small and large runs alike. AB is based in Australia.
Homaira Jashim, Co-founder. Co-founder of CMB Sourcing Ltd. and of Collective Studio Ltd., a Narayanganj factory that puts ethical manufacturing first, on small and large runs alike.
Portraits of the founders are available on request: hello@clothingmanufacturerbangladesh.com.
They can comment on the topics below; each links to the guide that sets out what we found and where it came from. More about the founders, including their link to our sister company, Collective Studio Ltd..
- Bangladesh’s garment exports, market share and the factories behind them: Bangladesh garment industry statistics
- US tariffs on clothing from Bangladesh, including Section 301: US tariffs on clothing from Bangladesh
- EU duty-free access and Bangladesh’s graduation from least-developed-country status: LDC graduation and duty-free apparel
- Garment workers’ wages: Bangladesh garment worker wages
- Factory safety, social audits and certificates: BSCI, WRAP and SMETA compared
- What a garment costs to make, and why: How a garment price is built
Photos you may publish.
Real photos from our sister factory in Narayanganj. Free to use with an article about CMB Sourcing Ltd. or Bangladesh’s garment industry, with the credit “Photo: Collective Studio Ltd., our sister factory, Narayanganj”. Please keep the credit and do not alter the pictures.
Sewing line in a Narayanganj garment factory, with operators at their machines and a supervisor checking the work.
Cutter guiding a straight-knife cutting machine through layered white fabric.
Sewing operator in a yellow hijab working at a Juki machine.
Sewing operator finishing black garments on an overlock machine.
Close-up of hands guiding white fabric through an industrial sewing machine.
Finishing floor in a Narayanganj garment factory: staff checking and folding garments at a long table, with pressing tables behind.
Logo.
Please use the files as they are: do not recolour, stretch or redraw them. Brand colours: ink #221f20 and lime #e4e46e.
How to credit us
“CMB Sourcing Ltd., Narayanganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh”, with a link to the page you quote. The statistics guides carry a ready-made credit line under their sources.
Contact
Email hello@clothingmanufacturerbangladesh.com, phone +880 1999-913309. BSCIC Industrial Area, Narayanganj 1420, Bangladesh. We reply within one working day.