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Bangladesh Garment Industry Short on Cotton as Floods Worsen Protest Backlog

The disruption, on top of the unrest and protests that led to factory closures earlier this month, have caused garment production to fall by 50 percent, said Mohammad Hatem, president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
Garment workers in a textile factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Garment workers in a textile factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Shutterstock)

Garment factories in Bangladesh, one of the world’s biggest clothing production hubs, ar

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