Garment team leaves for Germany

January 30, 2002
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January 30, 2002

Kathmandu: A 15-member delegation led by president of the Garment Association Nepal (GAN) Brij Gopal Inani left here Tuesday for Colonge, Germany to take part in the Interjeans, the Readymade Garments Fair to be organised there from February 1 to 3.

Other members of the delegation are Narayan Bajaj of Dipak Garments, Bharat Dhakal, Kamal Prasad Chudal and Harihar Upreti of Shivani Fashion, Chandi Prasad Aryal of Jaison Fashion, Prashant Kumar Pokherel of Ami Appraisels Private Limited, Balkrishna Thapa of Cotton Crafts Private Limited, Prakash Pant of Evergreen Appraisels, Arun Prakash Shrestha of Anujit Appraisels, Basu K.C. of Basu’s Export House, Rupesh Shrestha, Rahul Agrawal of Isworabma Garments and director of Trade Promotion Centre Dev Bahadur Rokaya.

Interjeans is considered to be the main readymade garment fair in Europe.

The participation of the Nepalese Garment Entrepreneurs in the fair is expected to promote interaction and professional relations with the European readymade garment importers and boost export of Nepalese garments to European countries.

At present 90 per cent of the Nepalese readymade garments are exported to the United States of America. The European garment trade fair is expected to contribute to diversifying export of Nepalese garments to the European countries.

Later on the Nepalese delegation will visit the European Council Central Office based in Brussels and hold discussions with the officials of the European Council in connection with trade between Nepal and Europe.

Likewise, Narayan Bajaj of Dipak Garment Enterprises, Bharat Dhakal of Shivani Fashion Garments Pvt and Prashant Kumar Pokherel of Ami Apparaisels Pvt will be taking part in the Copenhagen International Fashion Fair to be held in the capital of Denmark from February 7 to 10 at the invitation of the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Nepalese Garment Entrepreneurs will be taking part in the Copenhagen International Fashion fair for the time along with garment entrepreneurs from Bangladesh, Vietnam and Egypt.