INDIAN APPAREL EXPORTERS HIT BY CHINA SUPPLY CHAIN DELAYS FOLLOWING MOUNTAIN MILITARY CLASH
June 2nd, 2020
Indian apparel exporters are fearing missed deadlines, with key inputs from China having either been stuck at Indian customs for the past 10 days or not been shipped at all, following military tensions between the two neighbours.
“One or our [export] shipment has to leave in 10 days but its accessories [from China] are stuck at the Mumbai port,” Rajesh Malhotra, director, IR Accessories (part of IR Apparel & Accessories), in Gurgaon, near New Delhi, told just-style.
He warned: “If the material does not arrive soon, we will have to inform our clients ...
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