CAMBODIA MAINTAINS STRENGTH AS CLOTHING CUT AND SEW CENTRE – BUT UNDERLYING WEAKNESSES PERSIST
August 30th, 2022
Cambodia’s clothing sector may continue to face challenges over its weak backward linkages and pressure to increase wages - balancing reasonable pay with international competitiveness in price sensitive markets - but its apparel export receipts remain healthy. The country’s clothing export earnings were not seriously damaged by the Covid-19 pandemic, which had a relatively light impact on Cambodia. According to Worldometers, there were (as of September 2, 2022) (1), just 137,637 cases in this south-east Asian country and just 3.056 deaths caused by the virus. ...
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