INDIA’S CLOTHING INDUSTRY ON THE RACK THROUGH CONTINUED COVID-19 SURGE

The ability of India’s clothing industry to serve overseas buyers has been devastated by the country’s ongoing second Covid-19 wave, with a collapse in domestic orders, labour fleeing urban areas and disrupted upstream supplies slashing industry capacity. Indeed, according to a survey by Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) released on May 7, industry-wide production has fallen to a quarter of normal levels: “Uncertainty is looming large,” said the association, which passed the survey results to just-style. ...


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