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title: "ready-made garments (RMG) sector — Definition & Meaning"
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The ready-made garments (RMG) sector is Bangladesh's export-oriented apparel manufacturing industry, the country's largest foreign-exchange earner and single biggest formal employer.
- Why did the Bangladesh RMG sector survive the 2005 MFA phase-out?
- What policy instruments enabled the growth of the RMG sector?
- How will LDC graduation in 2026 affect the RMG sector?
- What was the regulatory significance of the Rana Plaza collapse?

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The ready-made garments (RMG) sector is Bangladesh's export-oriented apparel manufacturing industry, the country's largest foreign-exchange earner and single biggest formal employer.

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1. 1 January 2005

   The phase-out of the MFA quota system under the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing on was widely predicted to collapse the industry, but Bangladesh inst…

2. 24 April 2013

   Two catastrophes reshaped the sector's regulatory framework: the November 2012 Tazreen Fashions fire and the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar, which killed over…

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In April 2013 the Rana Plaza building collapse in Savar killed over 1,100 RMG workers, prompting European brands to sign the legally binding Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh.

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