EGYPTIAN TEXTILE SECTOR STRUGGLES ON DURING THE CRISIS
January 1st, 2011
BY PAUL COCHRANE
EGYPT'S garment export industry, worth US dollars USD2 billion a year, has been struggling to cope with the political crisis in its home country, with ports closed and factories working shorter hours, if at all. But factories are still producing clothing and textiles and international clients have yet to cancel orders.
The protests against the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, which started on January 25 and have since escalated, started affecting the textile and garment industry when the government imposed a daily 17-hour curfew: employees ...
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