Rushanara Ali – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rushanara Ali on 2016-06-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK’s trade relationship with (a) Bangladesh and (b) other Commonwealth countries of BHS going into administration.

Anna Soubry

We have made no specific assessments.

Bangladesh is the second largest manufacturer of garments around the world after China, at $26 billion per annum and ready-made garments make up around 81% of total merchandise exports from Bangladesh. If business is lost to Bangladesh from BHS, it is unlikely to have a significant impact at the national level.