Authors:
M.S. Khan,
M.M.R. Khandaker,
R. Chakraborty
Journal: Journal of Chemical Engineering, IEB
Volume: 31 Issue: 01
Pages: 41-61
Publication Date: April 30, 2023
The textile and apparel industry around the world has developed greatly since the invention of cotton gin in the 18th century. It is an immense global market, worth USD 993.6 billion. Bangladesh is the second largest apparel exporter in the world. The textile industry of Bangladesh is the backward linkage industry of the country’s $38.7 billion apparel sector. This industry manufactures and exports a wide range of ready-made garments (RMG). All these garments require a series of wet processing stages, in which different chemicals are consumed in large amounts. But there is no tool for assessing textile chemical consumption pattern in Bangladesh. This article introduces a mathematical tool to assess textile chemical consumption at national level by using a material balance approach from fiscal year (FY) 200708 to 2019-20. It had been estimated that Bangladesh produced textile products weighing about 2.38 million metric tons consuming almost 1.75 million metric tons of chemicals, worth around 2 billion USD. The market share was found to be around 3.85 % with respect to global textile market share. This novel study quantifies the chemicals consumed by the textile sector of Bangladesh in a fiscal year. It considers the type and nature of the chemicals used in different wet processing stages and the economic aspects of the consumed chemicals. Further analyses might provide ideas for sustainable management of textile chemicals. This study will also help policy makers, investors, and entrepreneurs to drive production of textile chemicals in Bangladesh, thus reducing the import costs and facilitating sustainable business.
Material balance, Textile chemicals, Chemical consumption, Bangladesh textile industry
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