INDONESIAN TEXTILE PRODUCERS FACE MIXED CHALLENGES AS ASEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION LOOMS
December 1st, 2013
WITH the 2015 deadline approaching for the establishing a common market within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesian textile manufacturers need professional competency standards to be harmonised across the 10 member countries, according to the country’s peak textiles association.Speaking to WTiN.com, Ade Sudrajat, chairman of the Indonesian Textile Association - Asosiasi Pertekstilan Indonesia - said that one of the principal issues facing his industry in the ASEAN economic community was the need for cross-ASEAN certification of ...
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