Cap and headwear manufacturer in Bangladesh

The UK, the EU, Canada, Australia and New Zealand admit Bangladesh-made caps and hats at 0% duty under their schemes for least developed countries, with a DCTS declaration or Form A for the UK, a REX statement for the EU, and local-content rules elsewhere. The EU’s ordinary rate on 6505 00 30 is 2.7%, so the preference is worth less than on garments. The United States gives no preference: cotton caps pay 7.9% knitted (HTSUS 6505.00.15) or 7.5% woven (6505.00.20), man-made fibre caps 20 cents per kilogram plus 7% knitted (6505.00.60) or 18.7 cents plus 6.8% woven (6505.00.80), plus the 10% Section 301 tariff from 24 July 2026. Bangladesh is scheduled to graduate from least developed country status on 24 November 2029, after the UN General Assembly extended its preparatory period by three years on 29 October 2026, and the EU keeps Everything But Arms for three years after that, to about November 2032. Confirm the line with your broker.

Flat embroidery is the most versatile choice. It handles detailed logos and small text well, and suits both structured and unstructured caps. 3D puff embroidery raises the design using foam under the stitches, creating a bold, dimensional look that works best for simple shapes and thick lines, while fine detail and small letters get lost. Many brands combine both, with a puff logo on the front and flat embroidery on the side or back. Woven patches, leather or faux-leather patches and rubber badges are alternatives for detailed artwork or a vintage look. The cap construction matters too, because the front panels of a structured cap are stiffened to support heavy embroidery. We have your artwork digitised, have a sample stitched on the actual cap, and approve colours and thread density with you before production.

A structured cap has stiffened front panels that hold the crown upright, while an unstructured cap has no stiffening, so the crown is soft and follows the head, as on a classic dad cap. The stiffening is a backing or buckram behind the front panels, and it is what lets a structured front carry dense or 3D puff embroidery without puckering or collapsing. The choice changes the price and the packing. A six-panel structured cap takes more operations than a five-panel unstructured one, and the backing is an extra material. Structured crowns can be crushed in transit, so they are packed with inserts or nested in stacks inside rigid cartons, and the cartons are drop-tested against the packing standard; unstructured caps can be packed flatter. On the tech pack, state whether the crown is structured, the backing material, the crown height and the visor board stiffness, and we approve all of them on a physical sample before bulk.

Our own orders start at 500 pieces per style and colour, and the exact minimum for caps and headwear is confirmed on your quote. We publish no prices: a basic cap is a standard cotton twill six-panel cap in a stock colour with a plain closure and no decoration, and embroidery, especially 3D puff, woven, leather or rubber patches, printed taping and sweatbands, metal buckles and custom packaging each add to it and are quoted as separate lines. Embroidery stitch count is the biggest variable on most caps, and a six-panel structured cap takes more operations than a five-panel unstructured one. Caps can be made alongside an apparel order and shipped in the same container under one set of export documents. Send a reference cap or a sketch with the panel construction, the closure and the artwork, and we will confirm the minimum and the price within one working day.

We make them in our own factory: structured and unstructured six-panel caps, five-panel camp caps, dad caps with a curved brim and soft crown, trucker caps with mesh backs, flat-brim snapbacks and fitted caps, bucket hats, knitted beanies, visors, sports headbands and kids’ caps. Fabrics run from cotton twill and brushed twill to corduroy, canvas, nylon and recycled polyester, with acrylic, wool-blend or cotton knit for beanies. Hats and caps share one customs heading, 6505, and the Export Promotion Bureau recorded US$344.21 million of Bangladesh’s exports under it in FY2025-26. The details that decide how a hat reads are the crown height, the brim shape and stiffness, the eyelets, the top button and the sweatband, so specify each one or send a reference to match. Decoration is usually flat or 3D puff embroidery, or a woven, leather or rubber patch. We sample the hat in your fabric and construction before bulk.

A bucket hat can carry a UPF rating under the Australian and New Zealand standard for sun protective clothing, AS/NZS 4399:2020, but a baseball cap or a sun visor cannot. Australia’s radiation safety agency, ARPANSA, states that the 2020 edition recognises three sun protective hat types, bucket hats, legionnaire hats and broad-brimmed hats, each with a minimum brim dimension, allows alternative designs that meet set protection requirements, and still excludes caps and sun visors. The rating itself comes from a fabric test and is given as UPF 15 (minimum protection), 30 (good protection) or 50 and 50+ (excellent protection). ARPANSA’s test reports rate the material only and do not evaluate the design, so the brim has to be checked against the standard separately. If you sell in Australia or New Zealand, specify the brim width, have the bulk fabric tested, and leave UPF wording off caps.

A custom cap needs a country of origin mark in the United States and, as a rule, a fibre composition label in the EU, and it escapes two US rules that apply to garments. The FTC’s textile labelling guidance excludes headwear, so a fibre content label is not mandatory there, although wool hats are covered by the Wool Rules. The clothing flammability standard, 16 CFR Part 1610, does not apply to hats that do not cover the neck, face or shoulders. US customs law still requires every imported article to show the English name of its country of origin. In the EU, Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 covers products that are at least 80% textile fibre by weight and does not list headwear among its exempt items, so such a cap needs a composition label, and the REACH limit of 30 mg/kg on amines from azo dyes names hats among the articles covered.

A 5-panel cap has one wide front panel with no seam down the middle, while a 6-panel cap is built from six panels, two of which meet in a seam at the centre front. The single front panel gives an unbroken area for a wide embroidered logo, a patch or a print. The 6-panel crown is the classic baseball cap shape; a structured version has stiffened front panels that carry dense or 3D puff embroidery. On a 6-panel cap a centred logo meets the centre seam, so the design is digitised for it and fine detail and small lettering are kept away from the seam, or the artwork goes on a patch. A six-panel structured cap also takes more sewing operations than a five-panel unstructured one, which shows in the price. State the panel count, crown height and structure in the tech pack, and approve the decoration on a physical sample of that cap.

A custom cap is made in a fixed order, and the front logo is embroidered either on the flat cut panel before the cap is sewn together or on the finished cap in a curved cap frame, depending on the factory’s set-up. The fabric is cut into panels and visor covers, and the front panels are backed if the cap is structured. Eyelets are set, the panels are joined and the inside seams taped, the visor is made over its board and stitched in rows, and the visor, sweatband, top button and closure are attached. The crown is then steamed to shape, inspected and packed. The timing matters because it sets limits on the artwork: on a finished, structured cap the design is kept away from the centre seam and tall letters are avoided. Ask which method the factory uses before you fix artwork size and placement, and approve a sewn-out sample on the actual cap.