Garment accessories and packaging expo begins in Dhaka on Jan 14

The 15th edition of the “Garments Accessories and Packaging Expo-2026 (GAPEXPO)” is going to be held in Dhaka between January 14 and 17 to showcase garment accessories, fabrics, yarn, and textile machinery from home and abroad.

The exposition will take place at the International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka, along with another expo, “Garment Technology Bangladesh-2026,” said Md Shahriar, president of the Bangladesh Garments Accessories and Packaging Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGAPMEA), at a press conference at La Vinci Hotel Dhaka yesterday.

BGAPMEA will organise the fair jointly with ASK Trade & Exhibition Pvt Ltd, positioning the expo as a comprehensive meeting platform for the promotion, expansion, buyer sourcing, and networking of all stakeholders related to garment accessories and packaging products, raw materials, used and new machinery, apparel, yarn, fabrics, and related items.

In 2006, BGAPMEA organised the first GAPEXPO, where the number of exhibitors was only 36.

Like previous years, this year’s fair will be organised across a total of 10 halls, including 4 main halls and additional half halls combined. Approximately 350 exhibitors will participate with 1,500 stalls.

Among them, exhibitors from more than 18 countries will take part, including companies from India, Japan, Vietnam, China, South Korea, Germany, and many others.

For the promotion of GAPEXPO, invitations have been extended to 2,100 BGAPMEA member companies, more than 4,000 BGMEA member companies, numerous BKMEA member organisations, print and electronic media, as well as representatives from the commerce ministry and other relevant government bodies.

“We expect that this year’s fair will attract 30,000-40,000 business visitors, and the total number of visitors is anticipated to be close to 80,000,” the BGAPMEA president said in the statement.

With the objective of ensuring an uninterrupted supply of accessories and packaging products to the ready-made garments export sector, and to safeguard, develop, and expand the interests of accessories and packaging manufacturing industries as exporters, BGAPMEA was established in 1991.

Initially, around 1989, the number of enterprises in this sector was fewer than 50. At present, BGAPMEA has more than 2,100 member companies.

Due to buyers’ demand, a wide variety of products are now manufactured in this sector, and currently more than 62 types of products are being produced.

Total investment in the sector exceeds Tk 40,000 crore, which employs more than 700,000 people.