A total of 13 apparel and leather companies from Bangladesh joined the ‘Fashion World Tokyo-2019’ exhibition with high quality, fashionable and latest products. The fashion expo began on Wednesday at Tokyo Big Sight which will continue till 29 March, according to a release issued here yesterday.

Ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan Rabab Fatima visited the Bangladesh pavilion and exchanged views with the participating entrepreneurs. Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo and Ministry of Commerce and Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) are providing all-out support to the participators.

Later, a seminar on the ‘Recent Developments of Bangladeshi Apparel Industry’ was organised by the Embassy of Bangladesh in collaboration with MoC and EPB of Bangladesh supported by Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Japan-Bangladesh Committee for Commercial and Economic Co-operation (JBCCCEC) and Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI & TCCI) and Japan Textile Importers Association (JTIA).

Over 130 buyers and representatives of Japanese companies joined the seminar, the release said.

Rabab Fatima said, “Bangladesh is the 2nd largest garments exporter in the world, and Japan is our number one destination for garments products in Asia.  Knitwear is currently our number one export item to Japan.”