KYRGYZSTAN’S PROMISING GARMENT INDUSTRY FACES CHALLENGES
June 1st, 2013
KYRGYZSTAN’S promising textile and garment industry increased “textile and garment exports 17-20% between 2010 and 2011,” a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) official in the Kyrgyz capital Bishtek has told just-style, quoting most recent available figures. Indeed he claimed the Kyrgyzstan government’s goal of increasing garment and textile exports by 60% from 2012 to 2015 is “achievable”.The boom builds on long term growth, with textile and clothing production growing five-fold in the last 20 years by volume, added the USAID ...
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