Quality Control in Bangladesh

We help brands and suppliers sourcing in Bangladesh ensure product quality and compliance. QIMA offers expert product inspections, supplier audits and lab testing throughout Bangladesh. Leverage our expertise throughout your supply chain to reach your quality goals.

Inspections, Audits and Lab Testing in Bangladesh

Some of the world’s biggest brands trust QIMA to help them maintain and improve quality with their suppliers in Bangladesh. Here are a few reasons why they choose us as a trusted partner:

  • Guaranteed on-site inspections anywhere in Bangladesh within 48 hours.

  • Inspection reports delivered within 24 hours of the inspection and include detailed pictures. You see what our inspector sees.

  • ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory testing for textile products.

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Quality Control Services in Bangladesh

Partner with QIMA to ensure your QC needs are met. We provide inspections, audits, lab testing, and certifications throughout Bangladesh. Here are a few ways we help ensure quality and make the process easier for you and your team:

  • Online Dashboard - Easy online booking for all services and a customizable dashboard for you to manage orders, access data and analyze results – anywhere, anytime.

  • Expertise - QIMA offers the highest caliber of inspectors within Bangladesh. Our inspector network is highly trained and skilled in their areas of expertise.

  • Conformity to Standards - We perform audits, inspections, and tests to international and regional standards, or your in-house requirements.

  • Flexibility - modify or cancel orders up until 1:00PM CST (5:00AM GMT, 1:00AM EST) the day before the scheduled inspection at a Bangladesh-based facility.

Supplier Audits in Bangladesh

Our highly qualified auditors can conduct Manufacturing, Ethical, Structural, Environmental and C-TPAT audits of your Bangladesh suppliers’ factories, helping you engage with capable and ethical suppliers. We conduct audits to a number of international standards, our own Best-in-Class protocol, or your in-house requirements.

QIMA Supplier Audits in Bangladesh help you:

  • Protect your brand against operational and ethical risks

  • Ensure safe and ethical working conditions in your supply chain

  • Get a comprehensive profile of your Bangladesh supplier – before you give them your business.

Product Inspections in Bangladesh

Inspect your product before it leaves your supplier’s factory, and prevent quality problems down the line. We guarantee an inspector on-site of any factory in Bangladesh within 48 hours, and the inspection report will be delivered to you on the day of the inspection.

Experienced QIMA product inspectors help you safeguard the quality of your product at every stage of manufacturing:

Laboratory Testing in Bangladesh

Get the support you need to ensure compliance of your products for your destination market. Our experts can help with regulatory knowledge, designing testing protocols, conducting tests, and evaluating results.

Our ISO 17025 accredited lab in Bangladesh can help with a wide variety of tests tailored to textiles. We are also CPSC approved to offer tests for the U.S. market.

Trends & Insights in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Remains a Key Supplier Despite Challenges

Bangladesh closed 2024 with double-digit growth in inspection and audit demand, reinforcing its role as a crucial supplier hub for Western brands. Despite a year marked by protests, factory shutdowns, and extreme weather, QIMA data highlights Bangladesh’s continued importance in global sourcing.

Relative shares of South Asian countries in the sourcing portfolio of US- and EU-based buyers (2024)

Learn More: QIMA Q1 2025 Barometer

Rising Ethical Compliance Concerns in Bangladesh

Bangladesh emerged as a human rights issues hotspot in 2024, with widespread factory closures due to worker protests. QIMA audits found critical violations in 33% of inspected factories, particularly in the categories of Working Hours and Wages. In these areas, the share of factories flagged for urgent improvement exceeded both Bangladesh’s 2023 figures and the 2024 global average of 26% for factories rated as having urgent ethical compliance issues. This highlights a worsening trend compared to previous years and global norms.

Share of factories globally rated under each ethical performance category by year (2019–2024). The red segment shows factories found to have urgent compliance issues, which stood at 26% in 2024. This serves as a benchmark for comparison with national trends such as Bangladesh’s (33%).

Learn More: QIMA Q1 2025 Barometer

Decline in Sourcing from US Buyers in 2023

Bangladesh's textile and apparel sector experienced a -10% YoY decline in inspections and audits in the first nine months of 2023, with US buyers notably reducing their sourcing. To remain competitive, Bangladesh must diversify beyond its cotton-dominated exports, branching into manmade textiles and other consumer goods like footwear and leather. Strengthening local institutions for certifications and ensuring quality production will be crucial for expanding Bangladesh's export portfolio.

Learn More: Diversifying Exports: Bangladesh's Strategy to Stay Competitive