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India tops yarn supply to Bangladesh in 2024, but ban threat looms

27 Mar '25

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India tops yarn supply to Bangladesh in 2024, but ban threat looms

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Bangladesh is considering banning yarn imports via land routes to protect its local textile industry, which could impact Indian suppliers.
India emerged as Bangladesh's top yarn source post-COVID, accounting for **.**% of imports in 2024.
Previously, China held the lead.
The garment industry opposes the proposed ban due to its reliance on Indian yarn.

The latest trade data indicates that India was the largest yarn supplier to Bangladesh in ****, accounting for **.** per cent of the country&#**;s total yarn imports. India surpassed China to become the top yarn supplier following COVID-related disruptions, after which the Bangladeshi government opened land routes for yarn imports to ease the availability of raw materials for the domestic industry. These land routes were opened in ****.

Bangladesh imported yarn worth $*.*** billion in ****, of which $*.*** billion came from India—amounting to **.** per cent of the total imports. India was the largest yarn supplier to Bangladesh, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro.