Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- The government has decided to provide cash incentives to subcontracting apparel and textiles makers to help boost their exports to the USA market under the 'US first sale rule'.

However, the relevant facility factories have to comply with some conditions to obtain such facility.

On Thursday, Bangladesh Bank issued a circular in this regard.

The circular stated that factories with their own active production units will be eligible to receive export incentives on the net FOB value for apparel or textile products exported through subcontracting.

However, trading firms or companies not directly involved in production will not be entitled to this benefit.

In such cases, exporters must comply with the "Subcontracting Guid...