AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoBangladesh Investment Push: Invest Bangladesh unveiled an FDI incentive scheme offering 1.25% cash to people who mobilise at least $1m in fresh foreign investment, targeting about $600m equity inflows as FDI growth lags peers. Parliamentary Power Shifts: India’s standing committee chair reshuffle sees TMC lose both chair posts, with Shashi Tharoor reappointed for External Affairs and Sudhanshu Trivedi taking Commerce. Jute Value-Add Drive: Bangladesh’s textile and jute minister says the government will convert raw jute into higher-value products (sliver, packaging, blended fibre) and expand beyond RMG into silk, handloom and jute goods. Egypt Industrial Rescue Fund: Egypt’s FRA approved licensing for the Distressed Factories Restructuring Fund (EGP 1bn), with subscriptions opening Sunday to restart stalled industry. Textile Supply Chain & Policy: Ethiopia reports manufacturing capacity utilisation above 69% after policy fixes; AfCFTA shifts automotive focus toward investment and localisation, linking vehicle assembly with tyres, glass, plastics and textiles. On-the-ground Textile Risk: Surat saw major fires at a textile complex and a textile market, with firefighters deploying multiple tenders and no casualties reported.
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