MFA Phase-out and Bangladesh

Mr Asif Anwar 
Programme Associate

Asif Anwar, Programme Associate, presented his paper on Phasing Out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA): Implications for Bangladesh on March 10, 2004. This Seminar was the fourth in the series under CPD's YSSS. The paper was an attempt to highlight the fallout of quota abolition to be effective from January 01, 2005. Based on an analysis of the export performance of Bangladesh's apparels at a disaggregated level, the paper came up with a number of conclusions as regards Bangladesh's competitive strength in the global market. The paper also underscored China's emergence as Bangladesh's major rival in some of the most important categories of apparels exported to the US market.