INDONESIA’S CLOTHING SECTOR POSTS STRONG RESULTS BUT MORE MEASURES NEEDED TO BOOST TEXTILES

INDONESIAN clothing and textile industry experts and the government say there is continued need to boost investment in creating efficient upstream supplies to enable the country to profit sustainably from growing demand for clothing export sales. Textile and garment production grew 19% in the first quarter of this year (year-on-year) – but that was largely thanks to a strong performance from the clothing sector. This growth is accelerating – there was 7.5% year-on-year clothing and textile production growth in the same period last year across Indonesia ...


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