Clothing Manufacturer for Dutch Brands

No, we manufacture in Bangladesh, but we run our own office in the Netherlands, at Soetendaal 61, 1081 BN Amsterdam. Every garment we make is cut and sewn on our floor at Plot-A-132, Road No. 02, BSCIC Industrial Area, Panchabati, Narayanganj 1420, Bangladesh. The Amsterdam office handles brand and design conversations, samples and compliance paperwork, in Dutch or English, so a founder in Utrecht or Eindhoven can put the sample on a table in Amsterdam rather than on a video call. Bangladesh Standard Time is four to five hours ahead of the Netherlands, so your morning overlaps our afternoon and the office covers the rest of your working day. If you need production inside the Netherlands itself, we are not the right fit. Comparing kledingfabrikant options and finding mostly agents? Ask each one for an address you can walk into; ours in Amsterdam has real people in it. Office visits are welcome, and floor visits can be arranged.

The simplest route is to buy DDP, delivered duty paid: the supplier handles freight, the Douane (Dutch Customs) entry and the import VAT, and you receive the goods at any Dutch address for one landed price, which is how we quote it. Three things matter at the border. Origin: Bangladesh-made garments enter at 0% duty under Everything But Arms, but only when the entry carries valid proof of Bangladeshi origin; we state the duty position for your order in writing. Tax: 21% Dutch import VAT, charged at Rotterdam or Schiphol. Documents: the commercial invoice, the packing list and a statement on origin, which above EUR 6,000 of originating goods per consignment must be made out by a REX-registered exporter. Many Dutch brands warehouse in the Netherlands for the whole EU; if you clear at Rotterdam and distribute across the Union, the import VAT is charged in the Netherlands. Buying FOB means appointing your own forwarder and broker; our Incoterms guide compares the two.

No, not at present: Bangladesh-made clothing enters the Netherlands at 0% duty under the EU's Everything But Arms scheme, on a single-transformation origin rule our Narayanganj cut-and-sew floor satisfies. Bangladesh is scheduled to graduate from UN Least Developed Country status on 24 November 2029; it asked for an extension in February 2026, the UN Economic and Social Council referred that request to the General Assembly in July 2026, and the General Assembly granted it on 29 October 2026. Regulation (EU) 2026/1395 then gives three more years of Everything But Arms after graduation, which keeps a Dutch order duty-free until about the end of 2032. After that it depends on whether Bangladesh qualifies for GSP+, which is unresolved. Graduation touches only the duty line of a Dutch landed cost; the 21% import VAT is charged at Rotterdam or Schiphol either way. We state the duty position in writing on every Dutch quote; our LDC graduation guide sets out the scenarios.

Import VAT on clothing entering the Netherlands is 21%, the Dutch general rate; clothing is not among the goods the Belastingdienst lists for the reduced 9% rate. The Belastingdienst calls 21% the general tariff, and its 9% list covers food, water, ornamental plants, medicines and medical aids, art, collectibles and antiques, and books and periodicals (both read 27 September 2026). The VAT is charged on the customs value plus any duty and the transport and insurance costs to the first place of destination in the Netherlands. On 500 tees at a US$6.00 customs value (which includes freight and insurance to the EU border), US$3,000 in total, the VAT on the customs value is US$630 and the duty nothing. On our DDP quotes that VAT is already inside the landed price you approve. If your business is the importer on the entry and is BTW-registered, it normally reclaims that VAT on its next return. Dutch importers can also hold an Article 23 licence, which moves import VAT from the border onto the VAT return.

Yes: our minimum is 150 pieces per style and per colour, so a Dutch brand can launch one tee in one colour. Sizes split freely inside that 150, so XS to XXL all count towards it. A second colour is a second 150, because every colour is dyed as a separate lot: one tee in three colours means 450 pieces priced as three runs, and putting all 150 into one colour gives you more depth for the same order. We suggest planning a first Dutch range at three to five hundred pieces over two or three styles, so the GPSR technical file is built once and reused on reorders. If you plan to test in the Netherlands and later sell across the EU, order the combined-language label from the first run. Before you ask for a quote, the MOQ calculator shows how your styles and colours add up.

Yes, the fibre composition label must be in Dutch for garments sold in the Netherlands. Article 16(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 requires the official language of the member state where the garment is sold, and the same regulation requires every fibre by its generic name and percentage, in descending order, on a durable and legible label. Dutch-language fibre labels are our standard on Dutch orders, so a range sold only in the Netherlands needs nothing more on that label. The question changes when a Dutch warehouse starts shipping abroad: a range sold in Germany and France needs German and French as well. Put every language you expect to need on one combined label from the first run, rather than relabelling finished stock later. We sew them in during production, to your artwork. The manufacturer details GPSR adds are covered in the next answer, and our labels and packaging guide covers the physical choices.

The Dutch company that imports the clothing is the EU-established responsible economic operator under the General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988. A factory in Bangladesh cannot hold that role; the alternatives to an EU importer are an authorised representative appointed in writing by the manufacturer, or a fulfilment service provider. Since 13 December 2024 the Regulation has required a risk analysis and technical documentation, which the importer keeps available for ten years, plus the manufacturer's name and postal and electronic address on the product or its packaging. We build the file during production, and our Amsterdam office at Soetendaal 61 can hold it where that suits your structure, so the paperwork sits in the same country as your brand. On an organic order, GOTS certificate RSC 9687 supplies the fibre, chemistry and traceability evidence behind it; the scope certificate is available on request. Azo-dye limits under REACH and, for kidswear, drawstring rules under EN 14682 belong in the same file.

It depends on what the brand is built on: Bangladesh for cotton knit basics at low minimums, GOTS-certified production and landed cost; Portugal when a made-in-Europe label is central and a higher unit cost is acceptable; Turkey when speed to market justifies a mid-range cost. That is our own view, not a price comparison. For a Dutch buyer the difference is the border. Portuguese goods are EU production and arrive by road, with no import, no customs entry and no import-VAT event. Turkish goods clear at the Douane with no duty on goods in free circulation under the EU-Turkey customs union, but Dutch import VAT still applies. Bangladeshi goods land at Rotterdam or Schiphol and clear at the Douane duty-free under Everything But Arms, with the same 21% import VAT. Choose us for cut-and-sew knitwear from 150 pieces. We do not make denim, jackets or woven shirts; our sister buying house sources those as a separate order.

About ten days for sampling, forty to fifty days for production once the pre-production sample is signed off, then transit: in our experience roughly four to five weeks by sea to Rotterdam, or five to eight days by air into Schiphol. We ship DDP, so the Dutch customs entry, the 21% import VAT and delivery to your door sit with us, on one landed price. Tell us when you ask for a quote whether the goods go to a warehouse, a studio or a shop, because the landed price is quoted to that door. The part you control is the start: production counts from sample sign-off, so a clear tech pack and quick comments on the first sample keep the schedule on track, and you can review samples in person at our Amsterdam office rather than over a video call. From order to your door, plan on about 70 days by air.

Yes, if your company is named as the importer on the Dutch customs entry. business.gov.nl says anyone who imports goods into the Netherlands or deals with Dutch Customs needs an EORI number. A company with an RSIN number that files its own declarations can create the number itself; if a douane-expediteur (customs agent) files for you, you apply to the Customs Administration instead, as a sole proprietorship also must. On a DDP order we agree in writing, before freight is booked, whose name goes on the entry, so you know early whether your EORI is needed. Three other registrations are worth having before the first delivery: your BTW number, to reclaim the import VAT; UPV Textiel, because the company that first places the clothing on the Dutch market counts as its producer; and, if it suits you, an Article 23 licence that moves import VAT onto your return.

Mostly knitted clothing, the cut-and-sew work our floor does. In Eurostat's 2025 figures, knitted garments (HS chapter 61) made up about 61% of the value of the clothing the Netherlands imported from Bangladesh, and woven clothing (chapter 62) the rest. Within the knitted share, broken down by heading, T-shirts, singlets and vests (6109) were 32.7% of the value, jerseys, pullovers, sweatshirts and cardigans (6110) 24.5%, and women's and girls' knitted dresses, skirts, trousers and similar garments (6104) 12.4%. Men's and women's underwear and nightwear (6107 and 6108) added 15.4% between them, and babies' garments (6111) 3.1%. Woven clothing is not made on our floor; our sister buying house sources denim and woven shirts as a separate order. One caution: these are Dutch import figures, and part of what clears in the Netherlands is sent on to other member states. The practical point: tees and sweatshirts, the two largest headings, are the core of what we make.